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WGUS54 KMOB 230034

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ALC097-230230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

732 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SNOW AND TANNER   

  WILLIAMS IN THE SEMMES AREA. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 

  MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...

   BIG CREEK LAKE AND SEMMES THROUGH 900 PM CDT



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

LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS

OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND 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.



LAT...LON 3059 8841 3061 8815 3088 8811 3092 8842



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