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WGUS54 KMOB 191547

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ALC053-191645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1045 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE

  WESTERN HALF OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE

  EAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3

  INCHES PER HOUR. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...

  ATMORE...MCCULLOUGH...HOLMAN PRISON...ROARCH...SARDINE...

  FREEMANVILLE...LITTLE ROCK AND BREWTON THROUGH 1145 AM CDT



LOCAL SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN ATMORE AND BREWTON. 

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 3111 8760 3102 8761 3101 8701 3118 8705



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