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WGUS74 KMOB 030129

FFSMOB

FLC091-030700-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

830 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003



HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY RESULTED IN SOME FLASH FLOODING OVER 

CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA.  RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED IN THE BAKER AREA...WITH 4 

TO 5 INCHES FALLING JUST SOUTH OF DORCAS.  WHILE THE HEAVY RAINS 

HAVE ENDED OVER THAT AREA...SOME FLOODING IS STILL BEING 

OBSERVED.    PONDING RAIN WATER REMAINS IN THE GRIFFITH MILL 

ROAD...STANLEY LANE  AREAS AROUND BAKER...BUT WATER LEVELS SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVERNIGHT.   



IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF DORCAS 

PRODUCED ADDITIONAL RUNOFF INTO THE ALREADY SWOLLEN SHOAL RIVER.  A 

RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SHOAL RIVER AT CRESTVIEW... 

WHERE THE RIVER IS ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A CREST OF 9.3  

FEET EXPECTED.  REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE SHOAL RIVER AT THE 393 

BRIDGE SOUTH OF DORCAS IS ALSO ABOVE BANKFULL...WITH WATERS LAPPING 

AT THE ROADWAY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AT THAT LOCATION.  ANY 

ADDITIONAL RISES OF THE WATER AT THIS LOCATION COULD RESULT IN 

DRIVING HAZARDS LATER TONIGHT...AND MOTORIST SHOULD USE 

CAUTION.      



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY COULD ALSO BE 

AGGRAVATING ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE OCCURRING ALONG ANY OF 

THE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA 

COUNTY.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS.  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. 

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