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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

733 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 728 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN JUST NORTH OF JACKSON...BARLOW BEND...FRISCO CITY LINE. THE

  HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARLOW BEND...OR 15

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVE HILL...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4

  INCHES IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD HAD OCCURRED. THESE STORMS WERE

  DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 5 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GAINESTOWN...MANILLA...

  MANISTEE...AND WALKER SPRINGS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3164 8769 3151 8787 3130 8769 3142 8729

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