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WGUS74 KMOB 282147

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MSC039-041-282345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

346 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI 

UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING...



AT 346 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXTENDING FROM 

NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY ALABAMA TO WESTERN STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. 

THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 

DISSIPATE BRIEFLY FROM THE WEST THROUGH 4 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING 

STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IS 

POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS. AS OF 130 PM...RAINFALL IN WESTERN GEORGE 

COUNTY WAS APPROACHING CRITICAL LEVELS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

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