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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

915 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA BELLE...



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 904 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM A CONVECTIVE 

  BAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY. THIS   

  BAND WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FELDA    

  TO FELDA TO 11 MILES EAST OF FELDA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING     

  FROM 7 MILES EAST OF LEHIGH ACRES TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF LA BELLE    

  TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS GARDEN....MOVING NORTHWEST AT 23   

  MPH.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AS WELL AS GROUND REPORTS INDICATE 

THAT UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN HENDRY COUNTY 

THROUGH SUNRISE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA WITH THIS VERY SLOW BAND AS IT ROTATES NORTHWARD 

THROUGH KERI...FELDA...AND INTO LA BELLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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 2677 8157 2676 8112 2659 8115 2647 8122

      2642 8127 2651 8127 2652 8137 2651 8157



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