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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

328 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOORE HAVEN...LAKEPORT...



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE 

  TO INDICATED RAIN BANDS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN GLADES COUNTY

  FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR

  HAS SHOWN THAT 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCUR OVER

  THIS AREA TODAY...AND THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WERE STILL

  OCCURRING WITH THE RAIN BANDS. THIS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ANY

  FLOODING THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING

  HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR EASTERN GLADES COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4528 TO REPORT

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2720 8091 2716 8087 2705 8097 2698 8108

      2692 8107 2693 8110 2689 8111 2688 8109

      2685 8109 2683 8106 2682 8095 2678 8094

      2678 8095 2678 8123 2706 8121 2720 8115



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