000 WGUS52 KTAE 240230 FFWTAE FLC129-240815- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0018.080824T0230Z-080824T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1030 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAINT MARKS AND ALL POINTS ALONG THE SAINT MARKS RIVER... * UNTIL 415 AM EDT SUNDAY * AT 1003 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH FROM APALACHEE BAY INTO WAKULLA COUNTY. THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO DUMP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ALONG THE SAINT MARKS RIVER AND THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * UNPRECEDENTED RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE SAINT MARKS RIVER NEAR NEWPORT. MAJOR FLOODING IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE AND THE SAINT MARKS RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON...REACHING LEVELS OF 12.2 FEET OR HIGHER...WHICH IS MORE THAN 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE SAINT MARKS RIVER SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK HIGHER GROUND TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. * THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL GET WORSE ALONG THE SAINT MARKS RIVER. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS 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 AS 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 3027 8431 3028 8409 3011 8408 3010 8430 $$ 17-GOULD