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WGUS82 KJAX 022341
FLSJAX
FLC023-121-030145-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
638 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
     SOUTHEASTERN SUWANNEE AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA

AT 630 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA 
OF MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN 
SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. RADAR 
INDICATES THAT AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 
MCALPIN TO OBRIEN TO LAKE CITY DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS...AND THAT AN 
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM IN THE 
ADVISORY AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES OR FLOOD WARNINGS. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

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