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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
318 PM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NEAR HIGHWAY 26 AND JOHN WILLIS RD...

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Break below Lake-A-Way in...
  Northeastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 318 PM CDT, Emergency Management reported the failure of a dam
  on Lake-A-Way causing flash flooding downstream which drains into
  Flint Creek to the south.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for near Highway 26 and John
  Willis Rd. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
  GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from the failure of
           Lake-A-Way.

  SOURCE...County dispatch.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas
           downstream of the dam.

* Some homes are located immediately downstream of the dam.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Flint Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

If you are in low lying areas below the Lake-A-Way you should move
to higher ground immediately.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 3084 8908 3084 8906 3083 8906 3082 8908

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
DAM FAILURE...OCCURRING

$$
