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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

153 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND...



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 142 PM EDT...THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD

  CLOSURES ACROSS MARCO ISLAND...INCLUDING THE MAIN BRIDGE. RAINFALL

  IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN ALREADY OVER

  MARCO ISLAND TOWARDS ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK. HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES

  TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING

  SITUATION WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES.   



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROYAL PALM

  HAMMOCK AND MARCO ISLAND



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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.



LAT...LON 2608 8153 2595 8144 2592 8164 2590 8170

      2591 8170 2591 8173 2592 8174 2595 8175

      2597 8175 2598 8174 2599 8176



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