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WGUS74 KMOB 050700

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

153 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008



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BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-

153 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR

MOBILE AND NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...



AT 152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THIS 

MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN BALDWIN 

COUNTY TO 4 TO 6 INCHES IN CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING.



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

ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT TO PRICHARD 

TO WHITEHOUSE FORKS. 



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 0653Z 180DEG 0KT 3091 8759 3064 8837



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