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WGUS54 KMOB 262023

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FLC091-262315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

325 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  NEAR HOLT TO DEERLAND. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE   

  NEARLY STATIONARY.  AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN    

  OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTY SINCE NOON.  ONE TO  

  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LOCATION SINCE 215 PM

  CDT.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL AREA IS JUST SOUTH OF A DORCAS TO        

  CRESTVIEW TO MILLIGAN FL LINE.  



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING A LARGE

  PORTION OF OKALOOSA COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 445 PM CDT...WITH THE  

  RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGH 615 PM CDT.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 

THREE HOURS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 PM CDT.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

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

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3097 8677 3097 8641 3070 8639 3043 8641

          3044 8678



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