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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

710 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

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

  CRESTVIEW...

  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 710 AM CDT...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER MOST OF 

THE WARNED AREA...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN 

SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  VALPARAISO...POSTIL...PACE...NICEVILLE...MOLINO...MILTON NEAR

  WHITING FIELD...MILTON...MILLIGAN...HOLT...HAROLD...GONZALEZ...

  GALLIVER...FERRY PASS...ENSLEY...DORCAS...DEERLAND...CRESTVIEW

  AIRPORT...COTTAGE HILL...CHUMUCKLA...CANTONMENT...BEULAH...BAKER...

  BAGDAD AND ALLENTOWN



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF ESCAMBIA AND 

SANTA ROSA COUNTIES WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES FARTHER EAST OVER OKALOOSA 

COUNTY SINCE 3 AM. 



ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA...LATEST 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 



ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH LATE MORNING. MANY STREETS ARE REPORTED 

IMPASSABLE BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. MANY OTHER LOW 

LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WILL BE 

IMPACTED AS WELL.    



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.



LAT...LON 3029 8751 3044 8737 3053 8744 3062 8739

      3068 8740 3071 8747 3083 8759 3082 8639

      3044 8638 3043 8642 3040 8638 3040 8677

TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 180DEG 0KT 3049 8697



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