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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1110 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL AT 4 PM CDT THIS

AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...



     CHOCTAW...WILCOX.



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



     WAYNE...PERRY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR BUTLER AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN

ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE GULF STATES

TODAY. WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT TROPICAL

MOISTURE OVER MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. IN ADDITION...A DISTURBANCE IS

MOVING EAST THROUGH LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI. COMBINED WITH DAYTIME

HEATING AND FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT...THIS WILL ASSIST IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON.



HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED

OVER WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND IN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SO FAR THIS MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR

HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING REMAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER LOW LYING

AREAS.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE MOBILE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB. ALSO STAY

TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR

CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS

POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION.

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