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WGUS74 KMOB 251113

FFSMOB

ALC097-251400-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

610 AM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.



LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

THAT CONTINUES DEVELOPING AND MOVING WESTWARD AT 25 TO 30 MPH OVER 

ALL OF MOBILE COUNTY.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO INUNDATE ALREADY FLOODED COASTAL SECTIONS OF 

MOBILE COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-10.  UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR 

CONTINUES FALLING IN SOME LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 

BELLEFONTAINE TO SAINT ELMO TO GRAND BAY.  THIS TREND WILL CONTNUE 

THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM CDT.



MORE INTENSE RAINFALL WILL SPREAD TO INLAND SECTIONS OF MOBILE 

COUNTY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. 



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AN 

AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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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