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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

630 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 618 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MOST 

ROADS IN GULF SHORES WERE FLOODED WITH WATER OVER THE ROADS UP 

HIGHWAY 59 TO COUNTY ROAD 6.  THE RAIN STARTED AROUND 1 AM AND 

REPORTS FROM UNOFFICIAL BUT RELIABLE RAINFALL SENSORS WERE NEAR 8 

INCHES/7.98/ AT THE GULF SHORES FIRE STATION NUMBER 1 AND AROUND 5 

AND THREE QUARTERS/5.78/ NEAR THE BEACH IN PENSACOLA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIFLIN...

  MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...LILLIAN...FOLEY AND ELBERTA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3042 8780 3043 8755 3043 8738 3036 8730

      3034 8731 3034 8730 3035 8728 3033 8727

      3028 8753 3029 8754 3027 8756 3024 8774



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