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WGUS54 KMOB 260101

FFWMOB

ALC097-260200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

701 PM CST WED FEB 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOREST HILL...OR ABOUT 7

  MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...

   CHICKASAW AND I65 AND AL 158 BY 710 PM CST

   SARALAND BY 720 PM CST

   SATSUMA BY 730 PM CST



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE

LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS

OTHER POUR 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 3076 8828 3062 8815 3086 8770 3108 8789



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