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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1158 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER

  THE WARNED AREA.



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

  225...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...TURKEY BRANCH...SUMMERDALE...STEELWOOD...

  STAPLETON...SPANISH FORT...SILVERHILL...ROSINTON...ROBERTSDALE...

  RABUN...POINT CLEAR...PARK CITY...OAK...MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...

  MONTROSE...MIFLIN...MARLOW...MALBIS...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...LOXLEY...

  JACKSON OAK...I65 AND AL 59...I65 AND AL 287...HOUSTONVILLE...

  FOLEY...FAIRHOPE...ELSANOR...ELBERTA...DOUGLASVILLE...DAPHNE...

  CROSSROADS...CLAY CITY...CARPENTER...CARNEY...BRIDGEHEAD...BON

  SECOUR AND BATTLES WHARF



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR IS 

OCCURRING IN STRONG RAINBANDS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF 

MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 200 AM MONDAY MORNING. 

DUE TO THIS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN THE

WARNED AREA. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3033 8826 3037 8827 3035 8819 3036 8819

      3038 8825 3038 8839 3035 8839 3106 8834

      3114 8772 3072 8764 3053 8750 3030 8757

      3029 8776 3040 8790 3064 8793 3067 8800

      3065 8805 3052 8809 3028 8810



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