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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

115 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT EFFECT FOR MOBILE 

COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EXPIERED AT 1245 PM...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS...INDICATE THAT 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES OCCURRED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF 

CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 1245 PM...WITH A FEW 

LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS TO AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  MOBILE 

COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON SEVERAL AREA STREETS 

AND ROADWAYS...INCLUDING STRETCHES OF TELEGRAPH ROAD AND GOVERNMENT 

STREET.  PONDING OF WATER AND SOME FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG 

PARTS OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD...AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS THAT NORMALLY 

FLOOD WHEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.  



WHILE THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL 

WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF MOBILE COUNTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 

THE AFTERNOON.  AS A RESULT...ANY PONDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND 

STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO 

RECEDE.  MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION...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. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.

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