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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

830 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LISMAN



* AT 825 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER THE NORTHER THIRD OF CHOCTAW COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY    

  RAIN WAS ENTERING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHOCTAW COUNTY. THE      

  HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR SHOWS 4 TO 6    

  INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY      

  SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF  

  CHOCTAW COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



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.



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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3213 8846 3201 8830 3223 8806 3229 8829

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