

000 

WGUS54 KMOB 172025

FFWMOB

ALC003-172145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

322 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN BALDWIN       

  COUNTY. THE STORM WAS ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY 

  MINETTE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  VAUGHN...TENSAW...STOCKTON...REDTOWN...RABUN...PHILLIPSVILLE...

  PERDIDO...LOTTIE...LITTLE RIVER...LATHAM...I65 AND AL 287...I65 AND

  AL 225...I65 AND AL 59...DYAS AND BLACKSHER.



  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 3.6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 230  

  PM CDT. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE      

  WARNED AREA BEFORE THE STORM DISSIPATES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3095 8793 3087 8764 3124 8762 3131 8780

          3111 8786



$$

