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WGUS42 KTAE 220303
FLWTAE

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

FLC005-013-037-045-077-129-220430-
858 PM CST 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...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARRABELLE...
  SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...  
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY...LYNN HAVEN...
  CALLAWAY...
  SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  NORTHERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEWAHITCHKA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST/1130 PM EST/

* AT 858 PM CST/958 PM EST/...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 OVER 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SEVERAL STREETS 
REMAIN BLOCKED BY FLOOD WATERS...PARTICULARLY IN DOWNTOWN PANAMA 
CITY AND IN THE CEDAR GROVE AREA. A COUPLE OF HOMES HAVE BEEN 
EVACUATED NEAR TWELFTH AND EVERETT STREETS.

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 2980 8462 2985 8459 2982 8468 3002 8559
      3023 8590 3038 8562 2997 8434 2987 8436
      2988 8441 2991 8444 2989 8456 2986 8459
      2983 8454 2979 8456

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