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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

339 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA



* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN 

OCCURRING OVER COVINGTON COUNTY. EMA OFFICIALS REPORT HEAVY RAIN HAS 

BEEN FALLING FOR A FEW HOURS. RADAR SHOWS THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAIN 

TO BE BETWEEN ANDALUSIA AND WATKINS BRIDGE. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BARRY AND THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE SPREADING NORTH AND NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.







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