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WGUS74 KMOB 262051

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

351 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008



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MOBILE AL-

351 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...



AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I65 AND

I165...WHISTLER...SEMMES...SATSUMA...SARALAND...SALCO...OAK GROVE...

KUSHLA...I65 AND US 43...I65 AND AL 158...EIGHT MILE...CREOLA...

CHICKASAW...CELESTE AND AXIS



RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS FROM RAIN GAGES AT MOBILE AIRPORT INDICATE 

ALMOST TWO AND ONE TENTH INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN APPROXIMATELY 40 

MINUTES. 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.



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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 

MOVE 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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