Flood Watch for Crestview, Alabama
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Mobile AL
727 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024
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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 Crestview, Navarre, Brewton, Camden,
Daphne, Seminole, Valparaiso, Greenville, Bay Minette, Beulah,
Fairhope, Eglin AFB, Thomasville, Brantley, New Augusta,
Flomaton, Grove Hill, Atmore, Pine Hill, Richton, Jackson, Opp,
Butler, Destin, Citronelle, Fort Pickens, Homewood, Andalusia,
Prichard, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Saraland, Luverne, Wright,
Lucedale, Spanish Fort, Fort Walton Beach, Century, Millry,
Mobile, Perdido Bay, Leakesville, Molino, Walnut Hill, Milton,
McLain, Gulf Shores, Stockton, Ensley, Lisman, Bagdad,
Monroeville, Fort Morgan, Theodore, Orange Beach, Evergreen,
Dauphin Island, Bayou La Batre, Waynesboro, Niceville, Chatom,
Grand Bay, Gulf Breeze, Wiggins, Jay, Foley, Silas, and Beaumont
727 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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...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 early Saturday afternoon. Widespread
rainfall totals 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.