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WGUS74 KMOB 090333

FFSMOB

ALZ051-090530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1033 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY IN 

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1230 AM...



AT 1027 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED  MODERATE TO 

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MOST OF CHOCTAW COUNTY. THE 

AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY BUT RUNOFF 

FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE 

HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY.  



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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