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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

1050 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

  SOUTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  EASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT WEDNESDAY



* AT 1044 AM EDT...NASSAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A     

  POSSIBLE LEVEE FAILURE ON HAMPTON LAKE...LOCATED NEAR U.S.        

  HIGHWAY 1 AT THE NASSAU AND CHARLTON COUNTY LINE. 



* LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED INCLUDE AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF

  HAMPTON LAKE...INCLUDING COLERAIN...ORANGE BLUFF...

  KINGS FERRY...FLEA HILL AND CABBAGE BEND. 



AT THIS TIME THE NASSAU COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS ASKING SOME HOME 

OWNERS IN THE AREA TO TEMPORARILY RELOCATE AND LAKE HAMPTON ROAD IS 

CLOSED BETWEEN U.S. HIGHWAY ONE AND KINGS FERRY ROAD. BOATERS ON THE 

ST MARYS RIVER NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY ONE BRIDGE 

SHOULD CONSIDER VACATING THE RIVER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 



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

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

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE

WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.



LAT...LON 3080 8198 3082 8196 3083 8190 3080 8184

      3075 8165 3072 8167 3076 8183 3077 8188

      3076 8193 3076 8197



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