

000 

WGUS54 KMOB 230508

FFWMOB

ALC003-097-099-131-231100-

/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0008.071023T0504Z-071023T1100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1204 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE...WILCOX...BALDWIN...AND MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST

  ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS

  AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  INDICATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY 

  FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON 

  AND EVENING HOURS. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH

  AS 4 INCHES.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AROUND...

  CAMDEN...MONROEVILLE...TENSAW AND THE MOBILE METRO AREA THROUGH

  600 AM CDT...



EXPERTS AT THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER LOCATED IN CAMP 

SPRINGS MARYLAND...AND SHORT TERM MODEL DATA SUGGEST ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS 

STORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3228 8743 3205 8719 3206 8686 3176 8693

      3165 8712 3129 8740 3124 8761 3086 8763

      3044 8737 3028 8776 3065 8795 3069 8803

      3033 8813 3040 8842 3111 8842 3115 8794

      3145 8756 3183 8750 3185 8762 3201 8767

TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 232DEG 6KT 3173 8763 3037 8845



$$

JP



000 

WGUS54 KMOB 230508

FFWMOB

ALC003-097-099-131-231100-

/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0008.071023T0504Z-071023T1100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1204 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE...WILCOX...BALDWIN...AND MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST

  ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS

  AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  INDICATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY 

  FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON 

  AND EVENING HOURS. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH

  AS 4 INCHES.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AROUND...

  CAMDEN...MONROEVILLE...TENSAW AND THE MOBILE METRO AREA THROUGH

  600 AM CDT...



EXPERTS AT THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER LOCATED IN CAMP 

SPRINGS MARYLAND...AND SHORT TERM MODEL DATA SUGGEST ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS 

STORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3228 8743 3205 8719 3206 8686 3176 8693

      3165 8712 3129 8740 3124 8761 3086 8763

      3044 8737 3028 8776 3065 8795 3069 8803

      3033 8813 3040 8842 3111 8842 3115 8794

      3145 8756 3183 8750 3185 8762 3201 8767

TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 232DEG 6KT 3173 8763 3037 8845



$$

JP

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