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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

818 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR DUVAL COUNTY UNTIL 1000

PM...



AT 810 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINFALL

IN THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS DUVAL COUNTY. REPORTS FROM DUVAL

COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATES THAT STREET FLOODING IS

OCCURRING IN THE ARLINGTON...DOWNTOWN...AND RIVERSIDE AREAS OF

JACKSONVILLE. SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY CLOSED. RADAR

INDICATES AS MUCH AS 3 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH

OF ORTEGA WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES COMMON

FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE SOUTHBANK AREA AND ARLINGTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE

ACROSS PORTIONS OF DUVAL COUNTY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN

VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.



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