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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1210 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  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 415 AM CDT



* AT 1208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND NWS    

  EMPLOYEES INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE     

  WARNED AREA.



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

  WEST MOBILE...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...SPANISH FORT...AND BAY MINETTE.   



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3097 8759 3086 8762 3073 8750 3057 8744

      3051 8795 3064 8795 3066 8802 3050 8809

      3046 8839 3111 8844 3117 8794 3124 8785

      3128 8769

TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 312DEG 0KT 3091 8759 3064 8837



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