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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

652 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKEPORT...



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 652 PM EDT...THE OFFICIALS FROM BRIGHTON SEMINOLE INDIAN        

  RESERVATION REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR LESS ARE   

  ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT EVEN THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL    

  AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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

  RIDGE AND BRIGHTON SEMINOLE INDIAN



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.



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LAT...LON 2716 8087 2700 8103 2698 8108 2696 8107

      2694 8110 2694 8127 2713 8127 2713 8118

      2721 8117 2722 8096



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