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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

529 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

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



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 520 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IN GLADES COUNTY REPORTED

  THAT THE STREETS IN MUSE AREA AND ALONG STATE ROAD 78 BETWEEN MOORE HAVEN

  BUCKHEAD RIDGE WERE IMPASSABLE WITH WATER FLOWING OVER

  STREETS. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL CONTINUE TO 

  MOVE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 THROUGH THIS AREA PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCHES

  OR RAINFALL ON TOP OF 9 TO 11 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN FROM TROPICAL STORM

  RAY. THIS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED

  IN THIS AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED

  FOR ALL OF GLADES COUNTY UNTIL 730 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.



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

      2692 8107 2693 8110 2689 8111 2683 8106

      2682 8095 2678 8095 2678 8157 2703 8156

      2703 8129 2705 8127 2713 8126 2713 8117

      2720 8117



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