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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

538 AM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 527 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO         

INDICATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WAS MOVING 

FROM THE GULF OF MEXIO WESTWARD INTO BALDWIN COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN  HAS FALLEN OVER COASTAL SECTIONS SINCE MIDDAY 

TUESDAY.



LOCATIONS NEAR THE COAST ARE NOW REPORTING THE ONSET OF A GENERAL 

INUNDATION AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. COUNTY ROADS 4 AND 6 WERE 

REPORTED AS BEING NEARLY IMPASSABLE BY BALDWIN COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.



THROUGH AROUND NOON...EXPECT A GENERAL TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH 

OF RAIN PER HOUR OVER MOST LOCATIONS IN BALDWIN COUNTY.  HOWEVER... 

IN THUUNDERSTORMS ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN AN HOUR.   

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL EITHER APPROACH OR REMAIN ABOVE 

BANKFULL DUE TO  EXPECTED PROLONGED MODERATE RAINS. THUNDERSTORMS 

SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

AROUND MIDDAY.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CAN INDUCE RAPID   

RUNOFF AND SUDDEN RISES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY      

CAUSE FLOODING MUCH SOONER IN SOME LOCATIONS.  



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.

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