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WGUS54 KMOB 231627

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ALC023-231915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1027 AM CST MON FEB 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 115 PM CST



* AT 1027 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED NEAR 

  MELVIN AND NEEDHAM ALABAMA OVER CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY.        

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

  OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED...PUSHMATAHA...

  NEEDHAM...LISMAN...LAND...JACHIN...HODGEWOOD...GILBERTOWN...CROMWELL...

  BUTLER...AND ARARAT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS 

PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY

TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3232 8803 3185 8818 3171 8813 3171 8849

          3230 8840



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