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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mobile AL
739 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171100-
/O.CON.KMOB.FA.A.0005.240517T0500Z-240518T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw-
Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central-
Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland-
Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa
Inland-Okaloosa Coastal-Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George-
Including the cities of Foley, Bayou La Batre, Walnut Hill,
Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Niceville, Perdido Bay, Grand Bay,
Saraland, Daphne, Molino, Lisman, Eglin AFB, Century, Mobile,
Greenville, Theodore, Seminole, Waynesboro, Millry, Destin,
Atmore, Andalusia, Flomaton, Dauphin Island, Valparaiso, McLain,
Richton, Beaumont, Pine Hill, Opp, Homewood, Bay Minette,
Jackson, Chatom, Fort Morgan, Gulf Breeze, Brantley, Fort
Pickens, Pensacola Beach, Milton, Fort Walton Beach, New Augusta,
Silas, Lucedale, Butler, Leakesville, Camden, Thomasville,
Stockton, Crestview, Brewton, Wiggins, Pensacola, Jay, Bagdad,
Grove Hill, Wright, Citronelle, Prichard, Spanish Fort,
Evergreen, Orange Beach, Beulah, Luverne, Ensley, Navarre, and
Monroeville
739 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Alabama, including the following areas,
  Baldwin Central, Baldwin Coastal, Baldwin Inland, Butler, Choctaw,
  Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Mobile Central,
  Mobile Coastal, Mobile Inland, Monroe, Washington and Wilcox,
  northwest Florida, including the following areas, Escambia
  Coastal, Escambia Inland, Okaloosa Coastal, Okaloosa Inland, Santa
  Rosa Coastal and Santa Rosa Inland, and southeast Mississippi,
  including the following areas, George, Greene, Perry, Stone and
  Wayne.

* WHEN...From midnight CDT tonight through Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are expected to pass across
    the area through Saturday afternoon. Widespread rainfall
    amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected, with localized totals
    above 6 inches possible. These totals, in addition to wet
    antecedent conditions from previous rainfall could result in
    flooding.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

&&

$$

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