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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

403 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...

  SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...

  SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 403 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 

  SHOW THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE WARNED AREA. STORM MOVEMENT IS SLOW...

  SUGGESTING THAT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  NICEVILLE...VALPARAISO...PACE...MILTON...HAROLD...GONZALEZ...FERRY

  PASS...ENSLEY...COTTAGE HILL...CANTONMENT...BEULAH AND BAGDAD



MANY AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA 

PANHANDLE HAVE SEEN UPWARDS OF A HALF TO AROUND A FOOT OF RAIN ON 

THURSDAY. LOCAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST

THAT 3 TO POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN

FROM NEAR BELFOREST TO GULF BREEZE SINCE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE RELAYED REPORTS OF STREET 

FLOODING NEAR NAVARRE AND MIDWAY FLORIDA. MANY OTHER STREETS PRONE 

TO FLOODING IN HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY 

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. JUST ONE FOOT OF 

FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. 

WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3030 8752 3043 8736 3052 8744 3060 8740

      3070 8738 3067 8638 3043 8639 3043 8642

      3038 8640 3037 8653 3039 8669

TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 180DEG 0KT 3050 8691



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