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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

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

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

HURRICANE KATRINA MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST 
LOUISIANA COAST EARLY TODAY AND IS NOW NORTHWEST OF LAUREL 
MISSISSIPPI AND IS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI.  

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 10 TO 12 INCHES WERE OBSERVED OVER 
HARRISON INTO STONE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...TAPERING TO 8 TO 10 
INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 
INCHES HAVE FALLEN NORTH AND EAST OF MOBILE COUNTY IN A BAND 
STRETCHING FROM WAYNE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. 

REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVEW BEEN SPARSE...MAINLY DUE TO 
COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES...BUT THE RAINFALL WAS HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE 
FLASH FLOODING.

ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE 
HEAVY ENOUGH OR PROLONGED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLAS FLOODING. 

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA AS 
FLASH FLOODING ENDS AND RIVER FLOODING BEGINS.