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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

937 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* 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...

  SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...

  SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 930 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

  AGENCIES CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS WITH PROLONGED STANDING WATER

  AND WASHED OUT ROADWAYS. THEREFORE...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS

  BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR

  IS DETECTING ONLY SPORADIC LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THAT

  CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS

  EXPECTED FOR THE REMINDER OF THE DAY...BUT FLOOD WATERS ARE

  EXPECTED TO RECEDE AT A VERY SLOW RATE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ELSANOR...PACE...MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD...MILTON...

  MILLIGAN...HOLT...HAROLD...GONZALEZ...GALLIVER...DORCAS...

  DEERLAND...CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...COTTAGE HILL...CANTONMENT...

  BAKER...BAGDAD AND ALLENTOWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...RANGING FROM 7 INCHES ALONG 

THE I-10 CORRIDOR UP TO TWO FEET AROUND THE GULF BREEZE AREA...THE 

PAST TWO DAYS CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE SHOAL RIVER. THE FLOOD CREST IS 

EXPECTED TO REACH 1.3 ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT CRESTVIEW OVER THE 

WEEKEND.



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 3046 8784 3077 8715 3085 8638 3046 8639

      3049 8646 3043 8657 3039 8640 3040 8673

      3024 8773

TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 180DEG 0KT 3054 8721



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