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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

534 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

  

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST

  TO NORTHEAST ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY...WHERE NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED

  FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN MOBILE COUNTY. RAINFALL HAS 

  DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER BALDWIN COUNTY...BUT MORE HEAVY RAINFALL 

  WILL MOVE INTO BALDWIN COUNTY FROM THE WEST BY AROUND 600 AM. THIS 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED UP TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY CAUSING RENEWED FLASH FLOODING.  



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.



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 8815 3033 8826 3037 8827 3034 8824

      3035 8819 3036 8819 3039 8839 3106 8834

      3114 8772 3072 8764 3053 8750 3030 8757

      3029 8776 3040 8790 3064 8793 3067 8799

      3065 8805 3058 8808 3028 8811



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