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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

823 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 817 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH   

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL        

  IS DEVELOPING UPSTREAM OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA.    

  SOME OF THE RAINFALL TOTALS ALREADY HAVE BEEN IN EXCESS OF TWO     

  INCHES OVER SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY.  THIS WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO 

  BALDWIN COUNTY THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING.  TOTAL RAINFALL        

  ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LOCALLY        

  THROUGH NOON.  SOME ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVE AS MUCH AS FIVE INCHES.J



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAINLY THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF    

  MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-10. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3042 8795 3064 8795 3066 8802 3031 8812

      3033 8828 3038 8833 3035 8839 3070 8841

      3073 8749 3067 8739 3053 8746 3043 8736

      3028 8753 3027 8778

TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 180DEG 0KT 3058 8789



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