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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

1028 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT



* AT 1027 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY RAINBANDS OVER   

  THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED    

  THROUGH NOON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN

  MARCO...RIVERSIDE...NORMANDY...DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE AND MANDARIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DUE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING IS EITHER OCCURRING...

OR EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY OCCUR...ALONG MONCRIEF CREEK...MCCOYS CREEK...

AND HOGANS CREEK IN NORTHWESTERN JACKSONVILLE.



ALONG MONCRIEF CREEK...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE

AREA OF LEONARD CIRCLE WEST FROM WEST 26TH STREET TO WEST 33RD STREET

AND THEN ALONG THE CREEK FROM WEST 33RD STREET TO NEAR GOLFBROOK

DRIVE. THE BRIDGE AT WEST 33RD STREET MAY BE IMPASSIBLE DUE TO

FLOWING WATER. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR MONCRIEF ROAD AT AND

NEAR WHERE THE MONCRIEF CREEK CROSSES THE ROADWAY.



ALONG MCCOYS CREEK...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM NEAR

INTERSTATE 10 NORTHWARD THROUGH HOLLYBROOK PARK TO THE INTERSECTION

OF MCCOY CREEK BOULEVARD AND FITZGERALD STREET. FROM THAT

INTERSECTION THE FLOODING WILL MOVE EAST ALONG MCCOY CREEK BOULEVARD

TO INTERSTATE 95 AND THIS INCLUDES THE BRIDGES CROSSING THE CREEK AT

KINGS AND STOCKTON STREETS. WATER ALONG MCCOY CREEK BOULEVARD MAY BE

THREE TO FOUR FEET DEEP WITH A SWIFT CURRENT. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE

ALONG MCCOY CREEK BOULEVARD OR CROSS THE CREEK AT KINGS AND STOCKTON

STREETS.



ALONG HOGANS CREEK...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR SHANDS

MEDICAL CENTER...AND CONFEDERATE...HENRY J KLUTHO...AND JEFFERSON

STREET PARKS. THIS INCLUDES BRIDGE CROSSINGS...WALKWAYS...AND LOCAL

BUSINESSES. WATER MAY BE SEVERAL FEET DEEP WITH A SWIFT CURRENT. DO

NOT TRY TO WALK OR DRIVE IN THESE AREAS.



INTERESTS ALONG THESE CREEKS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PREPARE TO PROTECT

LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FLOODING. DUE TO THE SWIFT CURRENTS IN THE

CREEKS. PERSONS SHOULD NOT ENTER OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 800-499-1594 TO REPORT FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3016 8156 3016 8164 3018 8167 3019 8167

      3019 8169 3028 8185 3047 8175 3030 8151



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