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FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
859 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WEST OF I-65...

.THE REMNANT CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS NOW DRIFTING
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. TO
THE EAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND
FURTHER INLAND OVERNIGHT. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN
MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY
HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A GREATER CHANCE FOR FAY'S REMAINS TO TO
LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-
UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...
DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...
MOLINO...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...
BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...
GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
859 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
  CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER 
  BALDWIN AND UPPER MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL 
  ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND 
  ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* THE REMNANT CENTER OF FAY REMAINS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. TO 
  THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA ND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA... 
  DETACHED OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...AND 
  WILL DO SO OVER THE NEXT DAY. THE EAST SIDE OF REMNANT 
  TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 
  EPISODES... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THE 
  REMNANTS OF FAY TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA 
  ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

* ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF 
  RAINFALL WILL ALIGN ITSELF ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 INTO SOUTH 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN 
  THESE LOCATIONS ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP 
  TO FIVE INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...COULD FALL. 

  A SECONDARY HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OR
EARLY   TUESDAY...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN MONDAY. THE EAST SIDE OF
TROPICAL   SYSTEM REMNANTS ARE KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
  EPISODES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND FAY HAS A HISTORY OF THIS. A
  GREATER CHANCE FOR FAY'S REMAINS TO TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT
OF   OUR AREA ALTOGETHER WILL OCCUR ON EARLY WEDNESDAY.

  TO SUMMARIZE...ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL
BY   TOMORROW EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF I-65...INCLUDING THE
NORTHWEST   FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DEPENDING UPON EXACTLY WHERE
HEAVIER RAIN BANDS   FORM...A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE
BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES.

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