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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

326 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE MOBILE METROPOLITAN AREA...



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  RADAR ESTIMATES DETECT BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY

  FALLEN FROM NEAR CREOLA TO WEST MOBILE. 



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

  SEMMES...SATSUMA...SARALAND...MOBILE...MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT...

  DEES...AND MUCH OF I65 AND I-10.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS THE STORMS ARE NOW MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3041 8841 3071 8842 3104 8796 3092 8795

      3088 8799 3085 8795 3083 8795 3083 8797

      3080 8802 3067 8800 3065 8805 3061 8805

      3058 8808



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