The NWS Mobile has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Southwest Alabama.
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FFAMOB
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
352 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA…NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
.SATURATED GROUND AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING FLOODING CONDITIONS TO STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BUTLER…LISMAN…SILAS…CHATOM…
MILLRY…JACKSON…THOMASVILLE…GROVE HILL…CAMDEN…
PINE HILL…HOMEWOOD…MONROEVILLE…EVERGREEN…ATMORE…
BREWTON…EAST BREWTON…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…WAYNESBORO…
RICHTON…BEAUMONT…NEW AUGUSTA…LEAKESVILLE…MCLAIN…
WIGGINS…LUCEDALE
352 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA…NORTHWEST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN
ALABAMA…CHOCTAW…CLARKE…CONECUH…ESCAMBIA…LOWER
BALDWIN…LOWER MOBILE…MONROE…UPPER BALDWIN…UPPER
MOBILE…WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA…COASTAL
ESCAMBIA…COASTAL SANTA ROSA…INLAND ESCAMBIA AND INLAND
SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…GEORGE…GREENE…
PERRY…STONE AND WAYNE.
* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
* A STRONG WARM FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE GULF WILL BRING PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TO SATURATED GROUND IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI…SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA LATE
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE
BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD AROUND 25 MPH. THIS ANTICIPATED HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BRING FLOODING CONDITIONS TO STREAMS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE IS CLOSELY
MONITORING THIS SITUATION AS IT UNFOLDS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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Additional Flash Flood Watches are in effect for Coastal Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana.
Severe weather will also be possible tomorrow over Southwest Alabama from Pickens and Tuscaloosa County to Clanton then southward. An isolated tornado will be possible the further south you go.
