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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

206 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPANISH FORT AND DAPHNE...

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...THEODORE AND DELCHAMPS...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PRIMARILY EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY AND 

  ALL OF BALDWIN COUNTY. 



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED

OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL

HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY FROM NEAR SPANISH

FORT TO JUST NORTH OF SPANISH FORT DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. SOME 

LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 500 AM MONDAY MORNING. 

DUE TO THIS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 

OVER EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

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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