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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

515 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 

WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



* IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

     STONE...GEORGE...WAYNE...GREENE AND PERRY



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

     CLARKE...MONROE...CHOCTAW...NORTHERN BALDWIN...COVINGTON...

     MARENGO...WILCOX...ESCAMBIA...MOBILE...BUTLER...CONECUH...

     WASHINGTON AND CRENSHAW



IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

     NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA



* AT 5 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA 

OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND 

THE  EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...LIGHTER RAIN CONTINUES 

OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MANY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE 

UNDERWATER WITH SEVERAL HIGHWAYS AND ROADS CLOSED. RADAR ESTIMATES 

OF TWO DAY RAIN TOTALS ARE AROUND 8 INCHES FROM MARENGO COUTY 

SOUTHWEST INTO WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED 

GAGES AND OBSERVERS INDICATE MOST PLACES WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES AND SOME 

PLACES CATCHING 7 TO 8 INCHES. 



ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED 1 TO 2 TO INCH RAINS ARE POSSIBLE 

BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING. 

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED 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 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 3242 8803 3255 8787 3250 8754 3208 8719

          3198 8619 3101 8618 3098 8735 3078 8732

          3075 8800 3035 8815 3039 8840 3073 8845

          3067 8933 3180 8880 3191 8850 3231 8842

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