Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 10:14 AM CST (16:14 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 3:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CHANGE TO FLOOD WARNING
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

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

IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA

   ...BUTLER COUNTY
   ...COVINGTON COUNTY
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY

IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY

HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE RESULTED IN MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES BEING
WASHED OUT AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE MORNING FROM GENERALLY INTERSTATE 65 EASTWARD. DRAINAGE
CONTINUES TO CAUSE RISING WATER IN MANY LOCATIONS AND ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL FROM THE CURRENT STORMS WILL FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.

EMA AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT THAT IN MOBILE COUNTY SEVERAL
ROADS ARE IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE MOBILE AREA...AND
SMITH ROAD IN GRAND BAY HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. IN BALDWIN
COUNTY...COUNTY ROUTE 61 NEAR PHILLIPSVILLE AND COUNTY ROUTE 39 BRIDGE
AT BAY MINETTE CREEK ARE WASHED OUT...AS WELL AS TALL PINE ROAD IN BAY
MINETTE. IN COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA...ALL ROADS ARE CLOSED WITH MANY
BRIDGES WASHED OUT IN THE COUNTY EXCEPT FOR HIGHWAY 29.

IN CONECUH COUNTY ALABAMA...MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND SOME BRIDGES ARE
WASHED OUT.  IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA...SEVERAL ROADS AND
BRIDGES ARE WASHED OUT...WITH EVERY ROAD INTO BREWTON IS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER EXCEPT FOR HIGHWAY 41 AND HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF BREWTON. IN
CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA...HIGHWAY 29 IS WASHED OUT NEAR DOZIER DUE
TO AN OVERNIGHT FAILURE OF THE CLARKE FISH DAM.  MANY OTHER ROADS ARE
CLOSED IN THE DOZIER AND BRANTLEY AREAS AS WELL...WITH WATER CONTINUING
TO RISE. IN BUTLER COUNTY ALABAMA...COUNTY ROAD 8 NEAR GARLAND AND
COUNTY ROAD 59 NEAR GREENVILLE ARE WASHED OUT.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS
FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES OUT IN NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. IN SANTA
ROSA COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE WASHED OUT SUCH AS HORSE
STABLE ROAD AND RED ROCK BRIDGE IN MUNSON AND GARNER LANDING ROAD IN
EAST MILTON.  OKALOOSA COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL BRIDGES HAD BEEN WASHED
OUT.

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

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.

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