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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/URBAN SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

215 PM CST MON MAR 12 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE

OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EASTWARD AT 40 MPH ACROSS THE

NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED

NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

MOBILE WHICH RESULTED IN FLOODING OF STREETS IN MOBILE.  AS THE BULK

OF THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS HAS ENDED...THE

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA

PANHANDLE WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2

INCHES THROUGH 300 PM.  DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM

OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAINS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST

FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST

ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE

THROUGH 400 PM.



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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