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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

1027 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES DE FUNIAK SPRINGS



* UNTIL 230 AM CST...



* AT 1121 PM EST(1021 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RANGING 4 TO 6 INCHES

  FELL IN THREE HOURS OVER NORTHWEST HOLMES AND NORTHERN WALTON 

  COUNTIES.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



* 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 FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.





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