

217 

WGUS74 KMOB 300243

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

943 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014



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OKALOOSA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-

943 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES...



AT 933 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS ONGOING IN THE WARNED AREA. 



THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA 

COUNTY...INCLUDING PENSACOLA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IF YOU ARE IN THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.



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. NEVER DRIVE AROUND 

BARRICADES PLACED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS THEY ARE THERE FOR YOUR 

SAFETY. 



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST

MISSISSIPPI.



&&



LAT...LON 3029 8747 3032 8748 3034 8743 3040 8743

      3043 8735 3045 8741 3051 8745 3061 8739

      3067 8741 3070 8745 3070 8639 3045 8639

      3045 8642 3048 8646 3041 8659 3042 8643

      3038 8639 3038 8683 3031 8718



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