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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

623 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM AND BALDWIN COUNTY 

UNTIL 730.



SOME CITIES IN THE WARNED AREA SUBJECT TO FLOOD PROBLEMS 

ARE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER...DOUGLASVILLE...BAY MINETTE AND ATMORE.



AT 620 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...GENERALLY ALONG 

AND NEAR INTERSTATE 65. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABABLE OF 

PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR OVER AN 

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.



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.



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.



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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