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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

814 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  GATESWOOD TO DEES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE TO 13 MILES EAST OF ESCATAWPA. THE STORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE 

LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 

INCHES OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MOBILE COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3090 8767 3071 8841 3041 8840 3065 8742



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