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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

446 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



ALC023-025-012148-

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CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL-

446 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN

CHOCTAW AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES...



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING

FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST

MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3092 8933 3092 8914 3143 8914 3144 8893

      3183 8892 3168 8830 3068 8750 3030 8741

      3034 8782 3026 8795 3035 8783 3067 8800

      3026 8807 3024 8820 3025 8822 3027 8813

      3036 8840 3073 8843 3067 8903 3076 8934



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ALC003-097-129-FLC033-MSC039-041-111-131-153-012300-

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WASHINGTON AL-GEORGE MS-STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-

BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-ESCAMBIA FL-

446 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...MOBILE...BALDWIN...WAYNE...GREENE...PERRY...

STONE...GEORGE AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN FRINGES OF 

GUSTAV  MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS 

OF UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN AND ALONG WITH RADAR INDICATIONS OF HEAVY 

RAIN WERE SEEN FROM NORTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SOUTH 

SOUTHEAST ACROSS WASHINGTON...NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTH 

CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY. 



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS OVER THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YELLOW 

PINE...TURNERVILLE...STOCKTON...SATSUMA...SARALAND...SALCO...MOUNT 

VERNON...MILLRY...GULFCREST...GEORGETOWN...FRUITDALE...CHUNCHULA... 

BAY MINETTE...WAYNESBORO...RUNNELSTOWN...MCLAIN...

MAHNED...LUCEDALE...BUCKATUNNA...AND BEAUMONT.



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING

FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST

MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3092 8933 3092 8914 3143 8914 3144 8893

      3183 8892 3168 8830 3068 8750 3030 8741

      3034 8782 3026 8795 3035 8783 3067 8800

      3026 8807 3024 8820 3025 8822 3027 8813

      3036 8840 3073 8843 3067 8903 3076 8934



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