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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

340 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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 815 AM CDT



* AT 325 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR      

  ESTIMATES 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL MOBILE   

  AND NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTIES. RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE  

  THAT AROUND 7 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR THE         

  MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT TO PRICHARD TO SARALAND. SERIOUS FLOODING  

  HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AND ACROSS OTHER          

  PORTIONS OF MOBILE COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE EITHER CLOSED OR     

  BEING CLOSED. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS  

  THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 

  TO 4 INCHES.



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

  ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.    



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 0829Z 180DEG 0KT 3091 8759 3064 8837



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