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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1030 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 
700 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING...

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 EARLIER...AND IS CONTINUING TO TRACK NORTHWARD OVER 
THE LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. KATRINA WILL TAKE A MORE 
NORTHEASTERLY TRACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 10 TO 12 INCHES WERE OBSERVED OVER 
HARRISON INTO STONE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...TAPERING TO 6 TO 8 
INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 
INCHES HAVE FALLEN NORTH AND EAST OF MOBILE COUNTY IN A BAND 
STRETCHING FROM WAYNE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. 

AREAS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE CENTER OF HURRICANE 
KATRINA CAN EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT 
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 15 
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED 
AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES 
ACROSS ROADWAYS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. 

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