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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1151 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009

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1151 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF APALACHICOLA...
  GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO...
  LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...
  SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDVILLE...
  GULF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ST. JOE...

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT/1215 PM CDT/

* AT 1147 AM EDT/1047 AM CDT/...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 AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL  
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 
AREAS.

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 2969 8538 2980 8542 2988 8540 2973 8538
      2970 8534 2971 8532 2973 8531 2982 8531
      2993 8539 3006 8538 3025 8491 3047 8446
      3066 8431 3063 8364 3028 8393 3000 8458
      2971 8499 2970 8517 2969 8507 2963 8510

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