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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
348 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 345 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT NEAR
  SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO
  HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES THAT FELL DURING THE LATE
  MORNING HOURS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
  AREA AND BRING 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE
  NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.  DUE TO THE NEAR SATURATED SOIL
  CONDITIONS...THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCLAIN

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3136 8861 3110 8874 3100 8880 3100 8882
      3098 8882 3092 8886 3092 8914 3094 8914

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