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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1010 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD 

WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM 

TUESDAY...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...

MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND

MOBILE COUNTIES.



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE

COUNTIES.



IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.



AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN 

GREAT PLAINS WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE 

REGION OVERNIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT 10 PM WERE ACROSS 

INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA 

AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM. SOME STORMS 

HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS SEVERAL TIMES 

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 

THESE RAINS OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL INCREASE THE 

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT. THE MORE FAVORABLE INSTABILITIES 

AND MOISTURE WILL BE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA 

COASTAL COUNTIES...MAKING THEM ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE FOR FLOODING 

TONIGHT.



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE

WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE

WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND

FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS

FLOODED AREAS. RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN EASILY CARRY A VEHICLE AND

ITS OCCUPANTS DOWN STREAM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. REMEMBER TO TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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