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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
845 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOD WATCH...

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE
COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WASHINGTON...ESCAMBIA...MOBILE...BALDWIN...
COVINGTON...CONECUH...MONROE...CLARKE...CHOCTAW...WILCOX...BUTLER...
AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.

TROPICAL STORM DENNIS HAS MOVED WELL INLAND AND WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH THE EVENING. BANDS
OF HEAVY RAINS...MAINLY ALONG AND WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE CENTER
OF DENNIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS
EVENING. MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED FROM 2 TO 6
INCHES OF RAIN...WITH RADAR SHOWING A SWATH ALONG THE NORTHEAST SIDE
OF THE STORM RECEIVING SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES.

ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE STORM...SOME REDEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR LATER. THEREFORE...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE WATCH
THROUGH TONIGHT AS GROUNDS REMAIN SATURATED AND ANY REDEVELOPMENT
OVERNIGHT COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR
OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS. RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN EASILY CARRY A VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS DOWN STREAM.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.  REMEMBER TO TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE DENNIS.

/DARBE