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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1232 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...



* UNTIL 315 PM CST



* AT 1221 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS 

  OF THUNDERSTORMS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY.

  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS 

  WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY WITH 

  ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCEAN

  CITY...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...POSTIL...NICEVILLE...DEERLAND AND

  SEMINOLE



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 AM OVER THE WARNING

AREA. WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS...CAPABLE OF DEPOSITING HEAVY RAINS MOVING

NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA OFF THE GULF...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF WATER COVERED 

ROADS IN THOSE AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS TYPICALLY POOR.  



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.



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 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.



LAT...LON 3039 8638 3040 8651 3043 8646 3042 8643

      3045 8642 3049 8645 3043 8655 3044 8658

      3042 8657 3041 8652 3039 8653 3039 8678

      3068 8679 3080 8639 3046 8638 3046 8641

      3042 8643 3041 8639



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