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WGUS82 KTAE 022057
FLSTAE
FLC067-123-022200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
355 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHER AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF TAYLOR AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL
500 PM EST...

AT 353 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF
2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 5 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE
CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO
SWELL QUICKLY. RESIDENTS ALONG THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE
READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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

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18-WOOL