FFAMOB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 828 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006 ALZ051-052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-170930- /O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-061017T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 828 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE... GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER LOUISIANA MOVES NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE. DEEP GULF MOISTURE EAST OF THE LOW TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND AS A SURFACE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONALLY...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR A FEW HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$