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WGUS74 KMOB 251202

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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

702 AM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.



AT 653 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE WESTWARD AT 40 MPH 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED 

SEVERAL ROADS INNUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE  NEAR GULF SHORES ALABAMA.



THROUGH 9 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS ALIGNED ALONG AN OUTER RAINBAND 

ASSOCIATED WITH ISIDORE WILL REPEATEDLY MOVE WEST OVER THE SAME 

LOCATIONS OF COASTAL BALDWIN COUNTY.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE 

EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR LOCALLY...WITH A 

TOTAL AMOUNT OF AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 9 AM CDT 

POSSIBLE.



SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL SHIFT INTO INLAND SECTIONS OF BALDWIN 

COUNTY LATER TODAY.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION.  REMEMBER...A FLASH 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY.

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