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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

808 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON...

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...

  NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CST



* AT 752 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOOD WATERS

  COVERING ROADWAYS WEST OF BIG CREEK LAKE NEAR TANNER WILLIAMS.

  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE SIMILAR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE INLAND PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME

  NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.



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

  LUCEDALE...MOBILE METRO...BAY MINETTE...ROBINSONVILLE...AND BRATT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3126 8694 3105 8702 3083 8751 3055 8789

      3073 8799 3028 8813 3033 8828 3038 8833

      3036 8839 3073 8843 3077 8886 3099 8883

      3100 8843 3122 8781

TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 256DEG 31KT 3092 8801



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