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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1125 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 500 PM CST



* AT 1115 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 

HEAVY RAIN OVER A PORTIONS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...MOST OF SOUTHWEST 

ALABAMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MANY ROADS ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA ARE UNDERWATER WITH SEVERAL HIGHWAYS AND ROADS 

CLOSED. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST 

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA AND INTO THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE 

NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR 

THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY.

 

DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED 

EXPANSION OF THE HEAVY RAINS. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM AND EXPANDED EAST TO INCLUDE MOST OF 

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IT SHOULD 

BE NOTED THAT SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR 

WHICH FURTHER ELELVATE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3254 8789 3242 8806 3232 8795 3231 8843

          3188 8847 3183 8894 3144 8894 3144 8914

          3092 8913 3092 8934 3067 8935 3068 8887

          3074 8887 3074 8842 3046 8842 3072 8731

          3091 8731 3102 8718 3100 8619 3197 8619

          3196 8687 3207 8688 3207 8717 3232 8753

          3248 8753

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