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WGUS54 KMOB 301605

FFWMOB

FLC033-091-113-301900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1103 AM CDT SAT APR 30 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 200 PM CDT



* AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM WEST 

TO EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  WHILE THE STORMS ARE 

MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED 

ON RADAR WELL TO THE WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF...COASTAL ALABAMA 

EXTENDING BACK INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA.  THIS 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA 

THROUGH 2 PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF 

TIME ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

OKALOOSA...SOUTH SANTA ROSA AND SOUTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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.



LAT...LON 3032 8742 3039 8635 3099 8638 3098 8759

      3068 8743 3054 8740 3046 8737



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