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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

615 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



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

WAYNE MS-BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-ESCAMBIA FL-

615 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...MOBILE...SOUTHERN BALDWIN...WAYNE...

GREENE...PERRY...STONE...GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND WASHINGTON

COUNTIES...



AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 

AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS 

EVENING.



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 3189 8848 3199 8847 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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