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ALC003-097-FLC033-113-260600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1210 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.



ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.



SOME CITIES IN THE WARNED AREA SUBJECT TO FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE...

BAY MINETTE...WALNUT HILL...OAK GROVE...MUNSON...JAY AND BRATT.



AT 1201 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 

LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOBILE...BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA 

FLORIDA...AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.  THIS HEAVY RAIN IS CURRENTLY

THE MOST INTENSE RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE.  

STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE WARNED COUNTIES.  

LOCALLY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN SINCE 900 PM OVER PARTS 

OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 

INCHES NOTED OVER ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.



CURRENT RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOST LIKELY MOVE 

NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA BY AROUND 100 AM...WHEN THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING EXPIRES.  THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IF THE RAIN IS 

SLOWER IN MOVING NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA.           



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. IF FLASH FLOODING

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

AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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.

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