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WGUS54 KMOB 190147

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

846 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKESVILLE...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 844 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIGHWAY 57 IN GREENE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 TONIGHT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WAGARVILLE...VINEGAR BEND...TOPTON...TOINETTE...TIBBIE...

  SUNFLOWER...SEABOARD...MCINTOSH...HAWTHORN...ESCATAWPA...DEER

  PARK...CORTELUOU AND ROUNSAVILLE



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 3160 8807 3159 8805 3128 8795 3105 8878

      3134 8884 3144 8861 3143 8847 3150 8846

      3166 8809

TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 323DEG 0KT 3146 8808 3116 8875



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