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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1205 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...



     ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA.



IN ALABAMA...



     BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...           

     ...WILCOX.



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BALDWIN...MOBILE... 

WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.  



AT 1145 PM...TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE COAST 

OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...JUST TO THE EAST OF DESTIN.  WIDESPREAD 

HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORE OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS  

MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH 

INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  

HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE ADJACENT ALABAMA COUNTIES 

DURING THE DAY MONDAY AS BARRY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH.  RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 

MONDAY.  BARRY IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN BELOW TROPICAL STORM CRITERIA 

AROUND NOON MONDAY.  HOWEVER...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PERSIST 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO EARLY MONDAY NIGHT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REVIEW PREPAREDNESS

REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD

FLASH FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED FOR

THEIR AREA.



THE RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST INTO PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI BY MONDAY

NIGHT...DIMINISHING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.  HOWEVER...IT IS

POSSIBLE FOR MODERATE RAIN TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA INTO

TUESDAY.  IF THIS OCCURS...RIVER FLOODING WILL BECOME A THREAT...

PRIMARILY FOR THOSE RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

AND MUCH OF SOUTH ALABAMA.



A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SHOAL RIVER IN OKALOOSA 

COUNTY IN FLORIDA...AND FOR MURDER CREEK IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA. 



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

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

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