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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1000 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005



...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL NOON 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.



A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EAST TEXAS WILL BEGIN TO

PUSH EASTWARD THIS EVENING...BRINGING AREAS OF WIDESPREAD 

RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT 

INTO TUESDAY. A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OFF THE MID TEXAS COAST IS 

ALSO EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE DEEP SOUTH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...AND 

SHOULD HELP PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM 

SYSTEM HAS A HISTORY OF DUMPING ALMOST HALF A FOOT OF RAIN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA IN THE LAST 12 TO 24 HOURS.



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH

ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY

AFTERNOON TUESDAY...AS SOME TRAINING OF STORMS OFF THE GULF ARE

LIKELY. THE CONTINUED STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL

EMBEDDED HEAVIER DOWNPOURS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL GRADUALLY

INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MORE FAVORABLE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE

WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL

COUNTIES...MAKING THEM ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE FOR FLOODING INTO EARLY

TUESDAY.



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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