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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

730 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE FLOOD WARNING AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

FOR LEON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...WILL BE

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT. HOWEVER A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS

IN AFFECT TODAY DUE TO THE CURRENT FLOODING CONDITIONS OVER

LEON COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE...AND THE CONTINUED

CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA TODAY.

THE FLOODING WATERS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE...BUT SOME ROADS WILL

CONTINUE TO BE IMPASSABLE THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND OTHERS WILL

HAVE WATER COVERING PARTS. ALSO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF HOUSES AND

BUSINESS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.



YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY...DUE TO

THE SEVERITY OF THE FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS

FLOODED ROADS OR DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE SWELLED TO NEAR BANK FULL OR

HAVE CRESTED...AND RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.



MCT

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