000 WGUS42 KTAE 222243 FLWTAE BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 536 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2008 FLC059-063-131-133-231030- 436 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BONIFAY... JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARIANNA... WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SANTA ROSA BEACH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...CHIPLEY... * UNTIL 430 AM CST SATURDAY * AT 436 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE RAIN COMES TO AN END. ACCORDING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...SOME LOCAL ROADS HAVE BECOME FLOODED AND ARE NOW IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. WITH CONTINUED RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDITIONAL ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. 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. KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN FALLING TODAY WAS 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. TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN! LAT...LON 3039 8635 3045 8632 3045 8622 3042 8615 3047 8622 3047 8636 3099 8637 3100 8501 3084 8494 3057 8549 3040 8598 3029 8604 $$ 38-GODSEY