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WGUS82 KTAE 222240
FLSTAE

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
538 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2008

FLC039-065-073-077-129-230045-
538 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO...
  LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 538 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING 
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 
OF UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF A FEW ROADS 
IN NORTHERN LEON COUNTY UNDER WATER.  

GROUND CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED FROM YESTERDAYS RAINFALL.  
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO SWELL 
QUICKLY.  ROADS PRONE TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY 
BECOME QUICKLY IMPASSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL 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.

LAT...LON 3002 8502 3012 8510 3038 8502 3071 8486
      3064 8376 3055 8370 3049 8374 3039 8415

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22-BARRY