Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 31, 2005, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 1, 2005, 2:30 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

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000 
WGUS54 KMOB 010431
FFWMOB
ALC003-010830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1030 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 1029 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING
  ACROSS THE AREA.  HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR
  SEVERAL MORE HOURS AND RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES
  PER HOUR WILL MAINTAIN FLOODED CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  EMERGENCY
  MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS FLOODED
  ROADWAYS AND A BRIDGE HAS BEEN DAMAGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
  COUNTY ROADS 12 AND 26.  RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC REPORTS
  INDICATE THAT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY SINCE THE MID AFTERNOON.
  THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CURRENTLY IN
  EFFECT FOR BALDWIN COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WHITEHOUSE FORKS...STEELWOOD...STAPLETON...SPANISH FORT...
  SILVERHILL...ROSINTON...ROBERTSDALE...PARK CITY...MALBIS...
  LOXLEY...HURRICANE...GATESWOOD...DOUGLASVILLE...CROSSROADS...
  CARPENTER AND BRIDGEHEAD.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF 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.

LAT...LON 3024 8785 3030 8752 3041 8748 3064 8743
      3088 8764 3086 8796

$$

000 
WGUS74 KMOB 010600
FFSMOB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1159 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

ALC003-010830-
BALDWIN AL-
1159 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN AND 
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION

AT 1155 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE AREA.  
SEVERAL STRONG STORMS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE 
COUNTY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2.5 
INCHES...BUT THESE HAVE SINCE MOVED EASTWARD INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY 
FLORIDA.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED 
AREA HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR...AND THESE CONDITIONS 
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  BALDWIN COUNTY EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR 
DRAINAGE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROBERTSDALE...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...STEELWOOD...STAPLETON...SPANISH
FORT...ROSINTON...PARK CITY...MALBIS...LOXLEY...JACKSON OAK...
HURRICANE...GATESWOOD...DOUGLASVILLE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER AND
BRIDGEHEAD.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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.

LAT...LON 3024 8785 3030 8752 3041 8748 3064 8743
      3088 8764 3086 8796

$$

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