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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

540 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EVERGREEN



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 538 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN NEAR OWASSA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN...MOVING    

  SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT MUCH OF 

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM.



ALABAMA STATE TROOPER HAVE REPORTED BOTH LANES OF INTERSTATE 65 WERE 

COVERED WITH WATER...AND THE INTERSTATE WAS CLOSED NORTH OF 

EVERGREEN NEAR OWASSA.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3158 8691 3145 8713 3130 8699 3145 8673

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