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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1048 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 145 PM CST



* AT 1045 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THE STORMS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST 

  ALABAMA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS

  WESTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHERN BALDWIN AND MONROE COUNTIES WHERE

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE LAST THREE HOURS HAVE TOTALED THREE TO FOUR

  INCHES.  IN MONROEVILLE...FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OF HOMES IN

  LOW LYING AREAS AND ALSO A HALF FOOT OF WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED

  OVER HIGHWAY 29 IN MONROEVILLE.  OTHER AREAS IN THE WARNED AREA

  WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIMILAR FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.  AS

  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE

  REGION...THE FLASH FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE AND WILL

  CONTINUE TO POSE A DANGER TO LIFE...PROPERTY AND MOTORISTS

  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



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.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3119 8792 3084 8793 3101 8764 3177 8701

      3182 8744 3146 8757



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