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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1015 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* AT 1006 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLMAN PRISON...OR ABOUT

  22 MILES WEST OF BREWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD 

WERE DETECTED NEAR POARCH...CARNEY...AND ALONG INTERSTATE-10.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3118 8759 3101 8760 3105 8727 3124 8729



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