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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

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.

HURRICANE DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE ALABAMA... 
NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE 
INLAND ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA OR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST 
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. BANDS OF HEAVY SQUALLS AROUND HURRICANE 
DENNIS WILL BRING VERY HEAVY RAINS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES 
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 
NORTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE STORM. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FORECAST 
TRACK...THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY ACROSS ALL OF 
EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA AS DENNIS TRACKS 
NORTHWESTWARD AFTER LANDFALL.

NEARLY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM TROPICAL STORM CINDY EARLIER IN THE
WEEK...WILL RESULT IN MORE RUNOFF AND INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR AREAS THAT DO NOT DRAIN WELL AND ARE FLOOD PRONE DUE
TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...YOU MAY WANT TO SET PLANS INTO ACTION TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD 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.

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