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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

548 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 545 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER    

  RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 3   

  HOURS BETWEEN WALNUT HILL AND BAY SPRINGS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS  

  WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ESCAMBIA COUNTY THROUGH 845 AM...PRODUCING    

  ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES.



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

  MCDAVID...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...ENSLEY...COTTAGE HILL...

  CANTONMENT AND BEULAH



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 3074 8730 3057 8720 3046 8719 3048 8739

      3056 8743 3060 8740 3067 8739 3073 8751

      3080 8757 3087 8761 3099 8759 3100 8728

TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 325DEG 0KT 3098 8727 3083 8746



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