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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

740 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES.



SOME PLACES IN THE WARNED AREA SUBJECT TO FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE...I65 

AND MOFFETT ROAD...DEES...SPRING HILL COLLEGE...CRICHTON... 

PHILLIPSVILLE...HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND COTTAGE HILL PARK.



AT 736 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME 

OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER 

HOUR OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS 

MEASURED 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 AM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER LOW

LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS INUNDATED AND IMPASSABLE.



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.



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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