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WGUS54 KMOB 061607

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ALC129-MSC041-061800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1105 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 1011 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM.

  THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE 

INDICATED OVER THE WARNED AREA...MEANING RUNOFF WILL LIKELY AFFECT 

RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS 

AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POORLY DRAINED OR 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3109 8857 3109 8846 3118 8840 3129 8827

      3146 8824 3154 8838 3146 8848 3113 8868



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