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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

640 PM CDT TUE SEP 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOBILE



* UNTIL 840 PM CDT



* AT 640 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THE INTERSECTION OF 

BELLINGRATH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 90 WAS FLOODED.  DITCHES ALONG THE 

HIGHWAYS WERE ALSO AT BANKFULL.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT OTHER ROADS 

...HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY TO POSSIBLY BE 

FLOODED THIS EVENING.  PARTICULARY THOSE AREAS THAT FLOOD EASILY.  

POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO HAVE STANDING WATERS THIS 

EVENING.  



ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER MOBILE 

COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO...RESULTING IN THE REPORTED 

FLOODING.  RADAR INDICATES THAT THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN 

INTENSITY SOME OVER THE PAST FEW MINUTES...BUT ANOTHER AREA OF VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INLAND OVER MOBILE COUNTY FROM THE GULF 

BETWEEN 700 PM AND 900 PM THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF 

STREETS...INTERSECTIONS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A 

POSSIBILITY.            



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.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3033 8806 3032 8838 3094 8840 3109 8798

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