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WGUS64 KMOB 260244
FFAMOB
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
844 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013
...PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...
.RAIN...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING AS A WARM FRONT MOVES
SLOWLY ONSHORE AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. PERIODS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE
SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

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WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...
MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...
ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...
BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...
CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB
844 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... 
  BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE 
  AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL 
  OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND 
  OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. 
* UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
  EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM
  APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF
  1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS
  UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER STORM CLUSTERS MOVE
  REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED
  WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND PILE UP OF
  WATER IN LOWER LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS
  A RISK.
* POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOODING WILL INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF 
  SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY OVERFLOW THEIR 
  BANKS SUDDENLY WASHING OUT ROADS OR INUNDATING HOMES NEAR 
  THESE STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS PRONE TO 
  FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIGNIFICANT 
  FLOOD ISSUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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