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WGUS74 KMOB 261626

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1125 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005



FLC033-091-113-261800-

OKALOOSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-

1125 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SANTA ROSA...

EASTERN ESCAMBIA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES...



AT 1100 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER A LARGE 

PART OF THE AREA...MAINLY EAST OF A MCLELLAN...BERRYDALE...PENSACOLA 

PASS LINE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST.



RADAR ANS SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FELL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...MOST OF IT SINCE SUNRISE.  PENSACOLA 

AIRPORT REPORTED ALMOST 5 AND A HALF INCHES...JAY 5.09...FERRY PASS 

4.71. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY 

TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GALLIVER...BAKER...CANNON TOWN...MILLIGAN...WRIGHT...ESCAMBIA 

FARMS...MARY ESTHER...OCEAN CITY...FORT WALTON BEACH... 

SHALIMAR...EGLIN AFB...CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...DESTIN...VALPARAISO... 

NICEVILLE...LAUREL HILL...SEMINOLE AND DORCAS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3098 8727 3030 8742 3032 8618 3096 8605



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