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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

905 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO...

  LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...

  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  ANOTHER BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM 

  FAY DEVELOPING OVER APALACHEE BAY MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 25 TO  

  30 MPH INTO JEFFERSON AND LEON COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD    

  FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING OVER LEON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES AND 

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH SOME BANDS OF 2 TO 4 

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FEW HOURS. STORM TOTAL      

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE FRIDAY MORNING ARE UP TO 15 TO 20 INCHES  

  IN THE WARNING AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 25 INCHES.



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

  OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

  GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS

  SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

  UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

  CROSS SAFELY IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO

  SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

  IN AUTOMOBILES.



* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

  FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



* REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

  IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE

  NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

  THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3054 8369 3051 8373 3047 8373 3032 8381

      3026 8390 3021 8391 3011 8400 3014 8408

      3028 8408 3028 8424 3031 8425 3030 8458

      3033 8468 3045 8454 3046 8445 3049 8440

      3057 8438 3069 8426 3063 8364



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