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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

616 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN BETWEEN TOXEY AND HINTON...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY 

RAIN WAS WEAKENING SLIGHTLY AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR 

ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOURS TIME JUST SOUTH OF 

NEEDHAM BETWEEN 515 AND 615 PM.



* STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...  

CHAPPELL HILL AND BARRYTOWN BY 640 PM CDT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3199 8825 3192 8844 3177 8831 3179 8817



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