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WGUS54 KMOB 060935

FFWMOB

ALC097-061130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

430 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAND BAY. THE STORM 

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  THEODORE...ST ELMO...MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK...LAURENDINE...IRVINGTON

  AND I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD.



WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN...WITH FLOODING 

CONTINUING AFTER THE RAIN HAS STOPPED.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3039 8840 3038 8816 3057 8814 3056 8841



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