Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jul 1, 2003, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMOB 010815
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ALC003-053-097-FLC033-091-113-011400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA
  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...CRESTVIEW
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 310 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT
  PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  AS THE RAIN BANDS MOVE EAST AT 15 MPH. THROUGH 300 AM...RAINFALL
  ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...
  WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. WITH
  ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE AREA...AND WIDESPREAD REPORTS
  OF ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS BALDWIN COUNTY AND A WASHOUT BRIDGE NEAR
  RABUN ALABAMA...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE
  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR EXACERBATE ALREADY EXISTENT FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3124 8674 3098 8673 3098 8639 3043 8638
          3025 8770 3030 8795 3108 8798 3128 8774
          3122 8757

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.