

000 

WGUS54 KMOB 070447

FFWMOB

FLC033-091-113-070900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1146 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 

  INDICATE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN 

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DUE TO THE PERSISTENT PASSAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER THE SAME AREAS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...EXCESSIVE 

  RUNOFF HAS CAUSED SEVERAL ROADS TO BECOME FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 

  SOME AREA RESIDENCES IN GULF BREEZE HAVE REPORTED WATER COMING INTO 

  HOMES. MAJOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MARY ESTHER AS WELL.     



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW A LARGE SWATH OF STORM TOTAL 

RAINS EXCEEDING 4 INCHES SOUTH OF I-10...WITH BEACH COMMUNITY ESTIMATES OF 

UP TO 6 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WILL EQUATE TO RUNOFF...WHICH

WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE

AND LOW LYING AREAS.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY

TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3032 8740 3041 8681 3040 8646 3082 8638

      3083 8757 3064 8735 3055 8742



$$

