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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

1030 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAINT MARKS AND ALL POINTS ALONG THE     

  SAINT MARKS RIVER...



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT SUNDAY



* AT 1003 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH    

  FROM APALACHEE BAY INTO WAKULLA COUNTY. THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE  

  TO DUMP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ALONG THE SAINT MARKS RIVER 

  AND THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGHOUT MUCH OF 

  THE NIGHT.



* UNPRECEDENTED RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE SAINT MARKS      

  RIVER NEAR NEWPORT. MAJOR FLOODING IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE AND THE 

  SAINT MARKS RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY 

  AFTERNOON...REACHING LEVELS OF 12.2 FEET OR HIGHER...WHICH IS MORE 

  THAN 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE SAINT     

  MARKS RIVER SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK HIGHER GROUND TO PROTECT       

  THEIR LIVES.   



* THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL 

  GET WORSE ALONG THE SAINT MARKS RIVER. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING   

  AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS 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 AS 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 3027 8431 3028 8409 3011 8408 3010 8430



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