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WGUS42 KJAX 090013
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FLC089-GAC039-090215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
812 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
  SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING

* AT 810 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 
OVER KINGSLAND AND SAINT MARYS...SOUTHWARD TO HILLIARD AND 
FERNANDINA BEACH. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED RAINFALL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY 
THROUGH 1015 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING. NWS PERSONNEL HAS REPORTED 
FLOODING IN THE  KINGSLAND AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 40 AND ANY 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE SITUATION.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. IT ONLY
TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY.

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 WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

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