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WGUS74 KMOB 190406

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1105 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



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WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-

1105 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

GREENE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 1103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREAS. HOWEVER 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1145 PM THIS EVENING. THE WARNING WILL 

LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THAT TIME UNLESS ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

REPORTS ARE RECEIVED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YELLOW

PINE...YARBO...SAINT STEPHENS...JORDAN...FRUITDALE...CHATOM...

BIGBEE...SAND HILL...NEELY...JONATHAN...BOTHWELL AND AVERA



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.



LAT...LON 3160 8807 3159 8805 3128 8795 3105 8878

      3134 8884 3144 8861 3143 8847 3150 8846

      3166 8809

TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 180DEG 0KT 3146 8808 3116 8875



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