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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

230 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CRAWFORDVILLE...PANACEA AND ST. MARKS.



* UNTIL 330 PM EST



* AT 229 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  SOPCHOPPY...CRAWFORDVILLE...PANACEA...ST. MARKS.



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

  OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

  GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS

  SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

  UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

  QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3006 8467 3014 8458 3015 8401 3014 8404

      3008 8409



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