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WGUS74 KMOB 301429

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

929 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005



ALC003-097-301445-

BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-

929 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR MOBILE AND

BALDWIN COUNTIES...



AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOBILE...

SUMMERDALE...SEMINOLE...PERDIDO BEACH...FOLEY...DELCHAMPS...AND 

CODEN.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED ON RADAR IN 

LAST TWO HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 

4 INCHES OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS MOBILE COUNTY. 

MOBILE AIRPORT REPORTED 3.42 INCHES IN THE LAST TWO HOURS.



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3090 8767 3071 8841 3033 8839 3032 8745

      3064 8743



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