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ALC023-131-110115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

535 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO

  TRACK FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CHOCTAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES. THE

  SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS MIGRATING SOUTH AT AROUND 5

  MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT MOST AREAS ACROSS

  NORTHERN CHOCTAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...AND

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT THREE

HOURS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3227 8743 3205 8716 3206 8690 3185 8692

      3185 8760 3200 8765 3214 8760 3216 8751

      3227 8751 3231 8799 3210 8805 3206 8813

      3193 8808 3193 8807 3182 8819 3171 8810

      3172 8845 3231 8843



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