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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1257 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003



...HIGHLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN BALDWIN COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN COUNTY.



AT 1255 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE A LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY THAT 

WAS CREEPING EASTWARD.  THE BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT COUNTY 

ROAD 39 EAST OF STAPLETON HAS A BRIDGE THAT IS WASHED 

OUT...ISOLATING 12 TO 14 HOMES AND FAMILIES.  IN ADDITION...STATE 

TROOPERS REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 225 ARE WASHED OUT NEAR 

SPANISH FORT...AND A TRUCK WAS WASHED OFF OF THE ROAD REQUIRING THE 

RESCUE OF OCCUPANTS.  ALSO IN SPANISH FORT...WATER IS UP TO THE 

WINDOWS OF CARS IN THE BRUNOS GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT...AND 

HIGHWAY 31 WAS WASHED OUT NEAR BRUNOS AS WELL.



WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN AT LEAST FOURTEEN HOMES IN LAKE 

FOREST...AND THE DOLIVE RIVER WAS REPORTED TO BE AT LEAST NEAR 

BANKFULL.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.  TURN AROUND...DONT 

DROWN.



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.

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