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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

501 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007



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OKALOOSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-

501 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN OKALOOSA

COUNTIES...



AT 501 AM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO 

MOVE OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...DUMPING HEAVY RAINS ON ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VALPARAISO...

PACE...NICEVILLE...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 A FOOT OF RAIN ON 

THURSDAY. SOME SPOTS CLOSER TO THE COAST HAVE REPORTED AMOUNTS OF 

AROUND A FOOT SINCE 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 1 AM THIS MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FLORIDA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED 

SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF 

EVACUATIONS OF A MOBILE HOME PARK IN THE PENSACOLA AREA DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. ALSO...CAMPERS WERE BEING EVACUATED AT THE BIG LAGOON STATE

CAMPGROUND JUST EAST OF PERDIDO KEY...DUE TO A HALF A FOOT OF WATER REPORTED

IN SEVERAL AREAS AND ACCESS ROADS. A DRAINAGE POND WAS COMPROMISED

NEAR NAVARRE WITH WATER COVERING SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 98.   



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. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



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 0943Z 180DEG 0KT 3050 8691



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