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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
905 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO...
  LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  ANOTHER BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM 
  FAY DEVELOPING OVER APALACHEE BAY MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 25 TO  
  30 MPH INTO JEFFERSON AND LEON COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD    
  FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING OVER LEON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES AND 
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH SOME BANDS OF 2 TO 4 
  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FEW HOURS. STORM TOTAL      
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE FRIDAY MORNING ARE UP TO 15 TO 20 INCHES  
  IN THE WARNING AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 25 INCHES.

* 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.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING
  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...AND UNDERPASSES.
  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS
  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
  TO FLOODING.

* 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 IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO
  SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
  IN AUTOMOBILES.

* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
  FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.

* REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
  NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
  THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3054 8369 3051 8373 3047 8373 3032 8381
      3026 8390 3021 8391 3011 8400 3014 8408
      3028 8408 3028 8424 3031 8425 3030 8458
      3033 8468 3045 8454 3046 8445 3049 8440
      3057 8438 3069 8426 3063 8364

$$

17-GOULD