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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1010 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING AREAS



IN ALABAMA

     ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...CONECUH...MONROE...BUTLER AND CRENSHAW



IN FLORIDA

     OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA



TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL SATURDAY MORNING 

ON THE ALABAMA COAST. HANNA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AFTER 

MAKING LANDFALL...GENERALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 65.  RADAR ESTIMATED 

ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL OVER SCATTERED AREAS 

FROM SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY TO OKALOOSA COUNTY SINCE FRIDAY 

MORNING.  AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ...WITH SOME AMOUNTS 

UP TO 8 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE 

CENTER...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT FOR FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH 

AREA. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 

IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 

TYPICALLY INCLUDE ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND UNDERPASSES. PEOPLE IN THE 

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY.



FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THE FLOODING POTENTIAL...POSSIBLE UPDATES 

TO THE FLOOD WATCH AND OTHER INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM 

HANNA...SEE THE TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.   



PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND 

LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 

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