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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

823 AM CDT MON AUG 25 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 CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...DAUPHIN ISLAND...



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 814 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER MOBILE AND BALDWIN 

  COUNTIES. 

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  LAURENDINE...WILMER...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...WHISTLER...WALLACE

  TUNNEL...VAUGHN...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA...TURNERVILLE...

  TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...TENSAW...TANNER WILLIAMS...STOCKTON...

  STEELWOOD...STAPLETON...SAINT ELMO...SPRING HILL COLLEGE...SPANISH

  FORT...SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS...SILVERHILL...SIDNEY...SEVEN

  HILLS...SEMMES...SEMINOLE...SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOTCH...

  SATSUMA...SARALAND...SALCO...ROSINTON...ROBERTSDALE...REDTOWN...

  RABUN...PRICHARD...PINTO ISLAND...PINEOLA...PHILLIPSVILLE...

  PERDIDO...PARK CITY...OAK GROVE...MOUNT VERNON...MONTROSE...MOBILE

  INFIRMARY...MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK...MOBILE AIRPORT...MALBIS...

  MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE...LOXLEY...LOTTIE...LOTT AND COLEMAN

  DAIRY RO...LATHAM...LANGAN PARK...LADD STADIUM...KUSHLA...KNOLLWOOD

  HOSPITAL...JACKSON OAK...IRVINGTON...I65 AND US 45...I65 AND US

  43...I65 AND MOFFETT ROAD...I65 AND I165...I65 AND CR 47...I65 AND

  AL 59...I65 AND AL 287...I65 AND AL 225...I65 AND AL 158...I65 AND

  AIRPORT BLVD...I10 NEAR THE BATTLESHIP...I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD...

  I10 AND I65 INTERSECTION...HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...

  HURRICANE...HOUSTONVILLE...HOLLINGERS ISLAND...GULFCREST...

  GEORGETOWN...GATESWOOD...FORT STODDARD...FOREST HILL...FAIRHOPE...

  ELSANOR...EIGHT MILE...DYAS...DOUGLASVILLE...DEES...DAWES...

  DAPHNE...CROSSROADS...CRICHTON...CREOLA...MEDAL OF HONOR PARK...

  COCHRANE BRIDGE...CITRONELLE...CHUNCHULA...CHICKASAW...CHASTANG...

  CELESTE...CARPENTER...CARNEY...CALVERT...BUCKS...BROOKLEY FIELD

  AIRPORT...BRIDGEHEAD...BLACKSHER...BIG CREEK LAKE DAM...BIG CREEK

  LAKE...BELLEFONTAINE...AXIS...AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY AND AIRPORT

  AND GOVERNMENT



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES COUNTY WIDE ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3037 8827 3034 8820 3035 8819 3036 8819

      3039 8837 3109 8840 3124 8766 3087 8763

      3035 8744 3034 8782 3027 8795 3035 8783

      3067 8800 3027 8819 3026 8806 3024 8832

      3031 8821 3032 8824 3022 8837



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