Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 31, 2005, 7:26 AM CST (13:26 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2005, 9:00 AM CST

In force

94 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

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WGUS54 KMOB 311333
FFWMOB
ALC023-MSC153-311500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
726 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 717 AM CST...MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF 
  THUNDERSTORMS  OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF IN AND AROUND THE BUTLER
  AREA OF CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES FLASH FLOODING
  IS ALSO LIKELY OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
  THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
  STORMS ALONG THE LINE ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH.  
  OBSERVERS REPORT THAT JUST OVER 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED
  SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.   

* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...
   BUTLER...CHAPPELL HILL...WAYNESBORO...BUCKATUNNA AND MULBERRY THROUGH
   900 AM CST

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.

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

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3146 8892 3148 8850 3170 8845 3172 8816
      3233 8812 3233 8841 3182 8895

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMOB 311433
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
832 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005

ALC023-MSC153-311500-
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
832 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR WAYNE AND
CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 826 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER
WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YANTLEY...
WOMACK HILL...WIMBLY...WATER VALLEY...TOXEY...ROCK SPRINGS...
ROBJOHN...RIDERWOOD...PUSHMATAHA...PARAGON...NEEDHAM...MT STERLING...
MELVIN...LOU...LISMAN...LAND...JACHIN...HODGEWOOD...HINTON...
HALSELL...GILBERTOWN...EVANSBORO...CYRIL...CROMWELL...CHAPPELL
HILL...BUTLER...BARRYTOWN AND ARARAT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3146 8892 3148 8850 3170 8845 3172 8816
      3233 8812 3233 8841 3182 8895

$$

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