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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

530 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 7 PM CDT



* AT 532 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREEMANVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE MOVE ACROSS       

  ATMORE BETWEEN 540 AND 6 PM...IT WILL BE 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

CARNEY AT  600 PM CDT AND 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POARCH AT 605 PM CDT. 



UNOFFICIAL REPORTS FROM ATMORE OF UP TO 3 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE BEEN NOTED. ATMORE POLICE REPORT DITCHES RUNNING FULL AND THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO OVERFLOW ONTO AREA ROADS AND 

STREETS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



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.



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 3107 8761 3100 8761 3103 8756 3105 8745

          3120 8751

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