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WGUS42 KTAE 220434
FLWTAE

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1129 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008

FLC005-013-045-077-220600-
1029 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY...LYNN HAVEN...
  CALLAWAY...
  SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  NORTHERN GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST/100 AM EST/

* AT 1029 PM CST/1129 PM EST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 
RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OVER 7 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.

KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS FALLING OVER ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. THIS WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS...SUCH AS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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 3024 8590 3028 8579 3026 8576 3029 8576
      3032 8568 3046 8477 3005 8475 2996 8549

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