Emergency Flood Situation In Mobile County

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06/09/2012

Emergency Flood Situation In Mobile County


...(FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE) A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
ONE-THIRD OF MOBILE COUNTY BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 59 AND THE
MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA STATE LINE...

AT 1032 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RADAR ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO
SHOW RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE CONDUCTING WATER
RESCUES IN THE GUNN ROAD...MERWOOD COURT AND WAKEFIELD ROAD
AREAS. THIS IS AN EXTREME EVENT...NOT A TYPICAL FLASH FLOOD.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDTOWN MOBILE...     WEST MOBILE...        CODEN...
  TILLMANS CORNER...    THEODORE...           TANNER WILLIAMS...
  I10 AND I65...        GRAND BAY...          FOREST HILL...

Fox6 Meteorologist Wes Wyatt

Posted by Wes Wyatt on 06/09/2012 at 10:56 AM in Flooding | Permalink

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