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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1228 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 1100 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM GATESWOOD TO MONTROSE...OR FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY

  MINETTE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE.  THE AREA OF

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING

  SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND   

  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY THIS MORNING.

MORE THAN FIVE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE LINE 

OF STORMS MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION.  THE NWS IN MOBILE WILL 

CONTINUE TO GIVE UPDATES ON ROAD CLOSURES AND OTHER FLOODING 

PROBLEMS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3024 8779 3050 8794 3079 8756 3068 8740

          3060 8740 3053 8746 3044 8737 3034 8745

          3027 8759

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