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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

857 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GROVE HILL...

  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SERVICE...OR ABOUT 

  21 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



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

  COFFEEVILLE...WOODS BLUFF...MORVIN...HOLTAMVILLE...OPINE...WINN...

  TALLAHATTA SPRINGS...BASHI...CHILTON AND PEACOCK



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

FROM THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CROSSED THE WARNED AREA EARLIER TODAY.



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.



LAT...LON 3156 8776 3152 8846 3200 8847 3201 8777

TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 267DEG 26KT 3175 8812



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