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WGUS74 KMOB 200024

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ALC023-200100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

723 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW COUNTY.



AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS 

THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKEND AND MOVED SOUTH 

TO NEAR BLADON SPRINGS STATE PARK. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS... 

STREAMS AND HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY.  WEATHER RADAR 

ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. 



RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST WEST 

OF CHOCTAW COUNTY...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AND MAY 

POSE A PROBLEM LATER THIS EVENING. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS 

OVER CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY...ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE 

REQUIRED.



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. 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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