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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
903 PM EST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BAY
  CALHOUN
  GENEVA
  HOLMES
  HOUSTON
  JACKSON
  WALTON
  WASHINGTON

* UNTIL 300 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING(200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING)

AT 903 PM EST(803 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. THIS
REGION HAD RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT...WHICH HAD
CAUSED FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. DUE TO THE
CONTINUED RAIN...THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS/EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAVE ALREADY REPORTED
FLOODED ROADWAYS IN WALTON AND HOLMES COUNTIES.

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.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY
TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY.

RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES REGARDING THE
FLOOD SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE SHOULD FLOOD WATERS
THREATEN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.


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