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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

950 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 1145 AM CDT



* AT 945 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  SUMMERDALE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND BAY...OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE TO 10 MILES

  EAST OF MOSS POINT. THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

  WAS DRIFTING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3064 8758 3055 8840 3021 8833 3026 8752



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