Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 5:58 AM CST (11:58 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 10:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
558 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
   ...CONECUH COUNTY

IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA

   ...COVINGTON COUNTY

IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY

ALTHOUGH MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF THESE COUNTIES...WATER WILL BE SLOW TO
DRAIN FROM THE FLOODED AREAS.  MANY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN
FLOODED AND SECTIONS OF SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN WASHED
OUT...ISOLATING RESIDENTS. SHELTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN SOME COUNTIES
TO ASSIST FLOOD VICTIMS...AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN NECESSARY IN SOME
AREAS.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY BRINGING WITH IT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
RELATIVELY LIGHT AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES
A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS... WATER CATCHMENTS... AND
WATERWAYS. SHALLOW... GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1998Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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