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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Mobile, AL

August 21, 200810 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 21, 2008, 3:57 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 22, 2008, 1:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2008, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2008, 1:35 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 26, 2008, 9:11 AM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Flood severity
None

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS64 KMOB 212057
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
357 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR EXPECTED HEAVY
RAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD 
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HAS FAY PASSING ALONG OR JUST OFF THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SATURDAY...MOVING INTO
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA EARLY ON SUNDAY.  ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...A
PRIMARY HAZARD WOULD BE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-220500-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
357 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND 
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND 
  ESCAMBIA. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL 
  OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND 
  OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE
  EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
  CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD
  SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
  FLASH FLOODING IMPACTS STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING
  THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND
  STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND
BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$
17 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 220427
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1127 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY TO CONTINUE DRIFTING WEST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS THAT FAY WILL PASS ALONG OR
JUST OFF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A TROPICAL STORM ON
SATURDAY... MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA EARLY SUNDAY. THIS TRACK
WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-221230-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
1127 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN 
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
  COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND 
  INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN BE
  EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
  CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD
  SEE RAINFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
  FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH
  LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
  POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 221157
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
657 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS MOVING WESTERLY ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA AT
SUNRISE FRIDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH AS SHE SKIRTS THE PANHANDLE COAST...WEAKENING TO A
DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND INTO MOBILE
COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-222000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.080823T1800Z-080825T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
657 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN 
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
  COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND 
  INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN
  BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
  PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES
  WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST
  ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
  FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH
  LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
  POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 221835
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
135 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED
FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS MOVING WESTERLY ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA
AT SUNRISE FRIDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MINIMAL TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH AS SHE SKIRTS THE PANHANDLE COAST...WEAKENING TO A
DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND INTO
MOBILE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST 
ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

ALZ051>055-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-230245-
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/00000.0.OT.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE-
UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-
GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...
BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...
FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
135 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  CHOCTAW...CLARKE...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...
  UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN 
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND 
  WAYNE.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN
  BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME
  AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT 
  FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING 
  THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND 
  STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

$$

ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-230245-
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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
135 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN 
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
  COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND 
  INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF FAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN
  BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME
  AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY WEST ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT 
  FLASH FLOODING STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING 
  THROUGH LATE SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND 
  STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 230247
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
947 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS MOVING WEST OVER APALACHEE BAY OFF THE
FLORIDA GULF COAST AS OF FRIDAY EVENING. FAY WILL MAINTAIN MINIMAL
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WHILE MOVING OVER THE GULF ABOUT 20 TO 40
MILES OFF THE PANHANDLE COAST. FAY WILL WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION WHILE
MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND INTO MOBILE COUNTY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER SOUTH- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231100-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
947 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...INLAND
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS
  COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES WEST ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
  STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY WITH
  WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE WELL INTO NEXT
  WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 231119
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
619 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MOVE WEST OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT AND ON
SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINS FROM FAY WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER TODAY AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY TONIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF
FAY OVER THE WEEKEND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED.


ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231930-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
619 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* FROM 6 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION LATER TODAY AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
  ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
  PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES
  WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS FAY MOVES WEST ALONG THE
  COAST.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
  STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY
  LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
  CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 231851
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
151 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM
TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST OR WEST NORTHWEST OVER THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...MOVING NEAR OR OVER THE COASTAL
SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINS IN SQUALLS FROM
FAY WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA LATER TODAY AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
TONIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF FAY OVER THE WEEKEND...
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED.

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-240300-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
151 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION LATER TODAY AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
  ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
  PANHANDLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES
  WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 15 INCHES POSSIBLE AS FAY
  MOVES WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST ALONG THE COAST.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH 
  FLOODING STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY 
  EVENING POSSIBLY LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
  OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 240435
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1135 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL
STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF T.D. FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES...EAST- NORTHEAST OF
MOBILE ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 8 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION.

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1135 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINS WILL ONSET FROM EAST TO WEST TONIGHT. DURING THE 30
  HOUR PERIOD ENDING 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...SOME 8 TO 12 INCHES OF
  RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 15
  INCHES POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST AND
  NORTHEAST SIDE OF FAY. THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF THE
  HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
  FLORIDA PANHANDLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT WESTWARD
  ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE
  CENTER OF FAY MOVES WESTWARD.

  THE FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH
  FLOODING IN THE SHORT-TERM. IN THE LONGER TERM... WIDESPREAD
  MODERATE FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
  NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
  FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE HEAVIER RAINS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST AND
  ARE NO OCCURRING.

  BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...A FEW RIVERS IN
  SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE FORECAST
  TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. INLAND
  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RIVERS ARE NOT FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
  STAGE.

  FOR THE MOST SPECIFIC TIME THAT FLOODING MAY BEGIN ON INDIVIDUAL
  RIVERS PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING NWS MOBILE ALABAMA WEB SITE:

  HTTP:WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOVMOB AND SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
  STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY
  LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
  CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 240852
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
352 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241700-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
352 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINBANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAY WILL CONTINUE MOVING
  ONSHORE JUST EAST OF DESTIN. THESE RAINBANDS WILL DEVELOP WESTWARD
  DURING THE DAY. THOSE COUNTIES EAST OF I-65 FROM CRENSHAW COUNTY
  ALABAMA SOUTHWARD TO DESTIN COULD COME UNDER AN AXIS OF HEAVIER
  RAINFALL BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOME TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN COULD
  FALL ALONG THIS AXIS. ALSO...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BEGIN
  TO FILL IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AROUND T.D. FAYS
  REMNANT CENTER OF CIRCULATION AS IT SLOWLY CHURNS OVER PORTIONS OF
  INLAND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

  AS FAYS REMNANTS DRIFT FURTHER WESTWARD TONIGHT...OUR REGION WILL
  REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE WITHIN THE DEEP MOISTURE. UNTIL FAYS
  REMNANTS HAVE LEFT OUR AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR A 12-24 HOUR HEAVY
  RAINFALL EPISODE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD
  WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY.

  THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM CDT THIS
  MORNING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 241255 AAA
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
755 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY
IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-242100-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
755 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINBANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAY WILL CONTINUE MOVING 
  ONSHORE JUST EAST OF DESTIN. THESE RAINBANDS WILL DEVELOP 
  WESTWARD DURING THE DAY. THOSE COUNTIES EAST OF I-65 FROM 
  CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWARD TO DESTIN COULD COME UNDER 
  AN AXIS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOME TWO TO 
  FOUR INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ALONG THIS AXIS. ALSO...
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BEGIN TO FILL IN LATER THIS 
  AFTERNOON OR EVENING AROUND T.D. FAYS REMNANT CENTER OF 
  CIRCULATION AS IT SLOWLY CHURNS OVER PORTIONS OF INLAND 
  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. 


  AS FAYS REMNANTS DRIFT FURTHER WESTWARD TONIGHT...OUR REGION WILL
  REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE WITHIN THE DEEP MOISTURE. UNTIL FAYS
  REMNANTS HAVE LEFT OUR AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR A 12- 24 HOUR HEAVY
  RAINFALL EPISODE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD
  WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY.

  THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM CDT
  THIS MORNING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 242106
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
406 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT 
AND MONDAY...

.THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED
ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI LATE TODAY. TO THE EAST
OF THAT BROAD CENTER...ABUNDANT DEEP MOISTURE IS MOVING NORTHWARD FROM
THE CENTRAL GULF...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL BANDS OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MUCH OF
THE LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS HIGHER COVERAGES OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON
MONDAY...WITH SOME 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE FOR MOST LOCATIONS
THROUGH LATE MONDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE WHERE BANDS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS SET UP. EXACTLY
WHERE THOSE BANDS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL SET UP IS FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO
FORECAST AT THIS TIME. FOR THESE REASONS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY.

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ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
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GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
406 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED
  OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. FAY WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH LATE MONDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN FORMING UP LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AFFECTING
  THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST
  MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. MANY LOCATIONS
  COULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH LATE MONDAY...WITH
  LOCALIZED AREAS POTENTIALLY SEEING SOME 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WHERE
  THE BANDS OF PERSISTENT HEAVIER RAINS SET UP.

* SHOULD THE LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAIN BANDS MATERIALIZE LATE TONIGHT
  AND MONDAY...THE TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE
  SAME AREA COULD RESULT IN PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL AND A POTENTIAL
  FOR FLASH FLOODING.

THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM THIS EVENING.

$$

GARMON
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 250455
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1155 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT
AND MONDAY...

.THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT 85
MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING. TO THE EAST OF
THAT BROAD CENTER...MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF
CAUSING ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF
FAY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RADAR DATA AND MODELS INDICATE MORE
WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY. 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR MANY LOCATIONS THROUGH LATE MONDAY.
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN SMALLER
AREAS WHERE CONVERGING WINDS FORM BANDS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN. AT
THE MOMENT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONFIDENTLY FORECAST EXACTLY WHERE THIS
WILL OCCUR. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY.

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1155 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT 85
  MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING. FAY WILL
  REMAIN STALLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH LATE MONDAY
  MAKING IT LIKELY THAT BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL FORM LATE TONIGHT
  AND MONDAY. THIS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH
  ALABAMA...AND.SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY
  ON MONDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR MANY LOCATIONS
  THROUGH LATE MONDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS
  POSSIBLE IN SMALLER AREAS COVERED BY HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN.

* WHEN LOCALIZED HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN FORM LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY
  STORMS MAY REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA BRINGING PROLONGED
  HEAVY RAIN AND A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM THIS EVENING.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 251308
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
808 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY...

.THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT
40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST OF THAT BROAD
CENTER...MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF CAUSING
ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT...
MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND
MODELS INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER
PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS EAST OF I-65.


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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
808 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
  ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST 
  FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA 
  ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA 
  ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
  STONE AND WAYNE.

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY REMAINS ADRIFT ABOUT40
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. TO THE EAST OF THAT BROAD
  CENTER...MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF CAUSING
  ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM EAST OF FAY
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
  OVERNIGHT... MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
  FLORIDA...AND MODELS INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE
  THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IS
  POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS EAST OF I-65.

* WHEN LOCALIZED HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN MOVE REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE
  SAME AREA...THE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE RISK OF FLASH
  FLOODING.

THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 251734
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1234 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

.THE REMNANT CENTER OF T.D. FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO
THE EAST OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...DETACHED
OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE AND MOVE INLAND OVER
THE NEXT DAY. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS EXPECTED ONCE
AGAIN OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL
SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY
AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO  TO LIFT
NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1234 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS
BEEN CANCELED. 

OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR WELL EAST OF FAY...OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

$$

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-260145-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...
FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...
MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
1234 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...
  CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...
  LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...
  WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL 
  ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND 
  ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO THE
  EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...DETACHED
  OUTER RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND WILL DO SO OVER
  THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN
  FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A
  GREATER CHANCE FOR THE REMNANTS OF FAY TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF
  OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR EARLY WEDNESDAY.

  ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL
  WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AN AXIS FROM 30 MILES WEST OF I-65 EASTWARD
  INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

  BREAKING IT DOWN FURTHER AND IN THE SHORT TERM ENDING
  MIDNIGHT...ONE TO TWO INCHES ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP TO
  FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...COULD FALL MAINLY EAST OF I-65
  IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND ALSO OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  PANHANDLE.

  A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT
  OR EARLY TUESDAY OVER THE SAME AREA MENTIONED ABOVE...AND COULD
  POSSIBLY EXTEND A LITTLE FARTHER WESTWARD AS FAY MOVES VERY LITTLE.
  AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEM. AREAS AS
  FAR WEST AS WESTERN MOBILE COUNTY TO MCINTOSH TO JACKSON TO
  SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY..COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES
  WITH AN ISOLATED FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE.

  IN TOTAL...ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY
  TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE NW FLORIDA
  PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE HEAVIER RAINBANDS SET
  UP...SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES OF A VERY
  ISOLATED BASIS.

* WHEN LOCALIZED HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN MOVE REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER 
  THE SAME AREA...THE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE RISK 
  OF FLASH FLOODING. 

THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 8 PM.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 260157
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
857 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...

.THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS NOW DRIFTING
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. TO THE
EAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...DETACHED
OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND FURTHER INLAND
OVERNIGHT. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF
TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A
GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR
AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY.

ALZ051>055-260300-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE
857 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FAY
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA.  

$$

ALZ056>064-FLZ001>006-261000-
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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-
UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...
DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...
MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...
BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...
GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
857 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
  CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN AND UPPER MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL 
  ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND 
  ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO 
  THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND WILL 
  DO SO OVER THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT TROPICAL 
  SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES... 
  ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THE REMNANTS OF FAY 
  TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR 
  EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

* ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL
  WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN THESE LOCATIONS ONE TO
  TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP TO FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED
  LOCATIONS...COULD FALL.  

  A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY
  TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL
  SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
  EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A
  GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF
  OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

  TO SUMMARIZE...ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY
  TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST
  FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS
  FORM...A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 260159 AAA
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FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
859 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WEST OF I-65...

.THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS NOW DRIFTING
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. TO
THE EAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND
FURTHER INLAND OVERNIGHT. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN
MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY
HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO
LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-
UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...
DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...
MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...
BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...
GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
859 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
  CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN AND UPPER MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL 
  ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND 
  ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO 
  THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA... 
  DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND 
  WILL DO SO OVER THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT 
  TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 
  EPISODES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THE 
  REMNANTS OF FAY TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA 
  ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

* ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF 
  RAINFALL WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 INTO SOUTH 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN 
  THESE LOCATIONS ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP 
  TO FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...COULD FALL. 

  A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR
EARLY   TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF
TROPICAL   SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
  EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A
  GREATER CHANCE FOR FAYS REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT
OF   OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY.

  TO SUMMARIZE...ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL
BY   TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE
NORTHWEST   FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE
HEAVIER RAIN BANDS   FORM...A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE
BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES.

$$
000 
WGUS64 KMOB 260928
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
428 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING
ADDITIONAL OUTER RAINBANDS SOUTH OF THE CENTER CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTHEN AS
TEMPERATURES INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE EFFECTS OF FAY WILL
DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.


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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT
428 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FAY HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

$$

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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
428 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN 
  NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
  COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND 
  INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
  ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING
  ADDITIONAL OUTER RAINBANDS SOUTH OF THE CENTER CONTINUING TO
  DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND
  STRENGTHEN AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE EFFECTS
  OF FAY WILL DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSIS...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL
  WILL ALIGN ITSELF EAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE ALABAMA TO ATMORE
  ALABAMA TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. THIS AREA MAY RECEIVE ONE TO TWO
  ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...WITH UP
  TO THREE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLE.

$$
000 
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FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
911 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELED...

.THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BUT WILL NOT PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.  THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED.

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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...
WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...
MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
911 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS SHIFTED
EAST OF THE AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 21, 4:31 AM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 4:31 AM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
431 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN BETWEEN
WEATHER SYSTEMS WITH UPPER LOW LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS
MISSOURI. MEANWHILE...TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUES TO REMAIN ALMOST
STATIONARY ACROSS DAYTONA BEACH. THIS WILL LEAD TO ONLY ISOLATED TO
LOW END SCATTERED COVERAGES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY.
THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST AND EAST OF OUR
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHS FOR TODAY WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THOSE
SEEN YESTERDAY UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOWS TONIGHT AGAIN FALL
INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S. /13

TODAYS WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL IS LOW.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...FRIDAY WILL BE WHEN THE REMAINS OF FAY...
LIKELY STILL A WEAK TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL BEGIN TO MAKE AN IMPACT
ON THE FORECAST AREA. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE A TRANSITION DAY WITH RAIN
CHANCES INCREASES BY EVENING AS T.D. FAY APPROACHES. IF FAY BEHAVES
AND REMAINS OVER LAND AS THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK CALLS FOR WE
SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND PROBLEMS BUT WILL BE BREEZY.
BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.
HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD BEGIN SATURDAY OVER THE EASTERN ZONES AND SPREAD
SLOWLY WEST...REACHING SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SATURDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUING INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. FAY IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN
AS IT CROSSES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ENHANCING THE HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL. WILL LIKELY BE A FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BEFORE
THE WEEKEND. STILL A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT FAY COULD MOVE SOUTH OF
THE FORECAST TRACK AND SPEND SOME TIME OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND
THE FORECAST WOULD NEED TO BE ADJUSTED FOR STRONGER WINDS. /11

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH
THE REMAINS OF FAY INTO TUESDAY IF NOT WEDNESDAY. DUE TO THE
FORECAST SLOW WEST NORTHWEST MOVEMENT OF FAY AFTER IT NEAR MOBILE
THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO MID
WEEK. RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING BY THE FIRST OF THE WEEK
AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK.
MAVMOS NUMBERS ACTUALLY SEEM A BIT LOW GIVEN THAT THE GFS HAS THE
CENTER OF CIRCULATION JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND MOVES
IT BACK TO THE NORTH. /11

&&

.MARINE...TROPICAL STORM FAY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE EAST COAST
OF FLORIDA NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. FAY IS FORECASTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO
THE WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
FAY IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA TODAY
AND TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
SOUTHERN ALABAMA AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS
WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE MARINE AREA FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FAY MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ON SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL MARINERS AND COASTAL
INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST TRACK FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR FUTURE TRACK UPDATES. /13

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      91  72  89  71 /  30  20  20  40
PENSACOLA   93  75  92  73 /  30  20  30  50
DESTIN      90  76  86  74 /  30  20  40  60
EVERGREEN   89  72  85  72 /  30  20  40  50
WAYNESBORO  90  71  90  72 /  30  20  30  40
CAMDEN      91  72  87  71 /  30  20  40  50

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1105 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-221100-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1105 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND
WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM NORTHEAST FLORIDA BACK
TO THE WEST AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  THE
LATEST FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS FAY
PASSING ALONG OR JUST OFF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SATURDAY...MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA
EARLY ON SUNDAY.

ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WOULD BE EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.  IT IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION WE COULD SEE SOME 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SOME
AREAS...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IMPACTS
STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT AND LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY...WITH
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUING WELL INTO NEXT
WEEK.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT OVER THE LAND AREAS...FAY
COULD PRODUCE EXTENDED PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 KNOTS
OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AS
WELL AS ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES.  MARINE
INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF FAY
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THIS FORECAST...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WEEKEND.  ANY LARGE DEVIATION...ESPECIALLY A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK
WITH FAY...WILL RESULT IN A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM AND WILL HAVE
GREATER IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.  STAY TUNED
FOR ADDITIONAL FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.  ACTIVATION MAY
BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND.

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Sources

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.