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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

906 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE...PERRY...STONE...GEORGE AND

GREENE COUNTIES.



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...

COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MARENGO...MONROE...WASHINGTON...

WILCOX...MOBILE AND NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTIES.



IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA

COUNTIES.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST

MISSISSIPPI AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EXCEPT SOUTHERN BALDWIN

COUNTY AND IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY.



AT 9 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MOST RAIN HAS

MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW

MORE HOURS AND MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE AREA...THEREFORE THE

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 11 PM AT WHICH TIME IT WILL

BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS FROM AROUND THE AREA WERE AROUND 8

INCHES...A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE RELEASED BY THE

MOBILE OFFICE LATER THIS EVENING DETAILING SOME SPECIFIC AMOUNTS

RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE.



INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING CAN BE FOUND IN RIVER STATEMENTS AND

WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE MOBILE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.



REMEMBER...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.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

MOBILE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.

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