Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jul 19, 2003, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

89 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Choctaw County, AL

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000 
WGUS54 KMOB 192320
FFWMOB
ALC023-200045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
616 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN BETWEEN TOXEY AND HINTON...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY 
RAIN WAS WEAKENING SLIGHTLY AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR 
ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOURS TIME JUST SOUTH OF 
NEEDHAM BETWEEN 515 AND 615 PM.

* STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...  
CHAPPELL HILL AND BARRYTOWN BY 640 PM CDT...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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. 

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

LAT...LON 3199 8825 3192 8844 3177 8831 3179 8817

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMOB 200024
FFSMOB
ALC023-200100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
723 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW COUNTY.

AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS 
THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKEND AND MOVED SOUTH 
TO NEAR BLADON SPRINGS STATE PARK. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS... 
STREAMS AND HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY.  WEATHER RADAR 
ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. 

RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST WEST 
OF CHOCTAW COUNTY...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AND MAY 
POSE A PROBLEM LATER THIS EVENING. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS 
OVER CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY...ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE 
REQUIRED.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.

$$

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