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WGUS42 KTAE 220118
FLWTAE

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
812 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008

FLC005-037-045-077-129-220245-
812 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
  NORTHERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEWAHITCHKA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EST/845 PM CST/

* AT 812 PM EST/712 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE 
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 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. 
IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY.

LAT...LON 2989 8537 2993 8542 2997 8553 3019 8582
      3015 8423 3008 8424 3001 8433 2994 8432
      2988 8439 2991 8444 2988 8457

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