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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

804 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES...DUNGENESS...HIGH POINT...KINGS BAY BASE...

  KINGSLAND...ST. MARYS...WOODBINE...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 800 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS

  ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST FROM NEAR DOVER BLUFF 

  TO WHITE OAK. THERE HAVE BEEN DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO

  4 INCHES IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. THESE ALSO MATCH SATELLITE

  ESTIMATES. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFF DUTY METEOROLOGIST

  HAS REPORTED 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY JUST WEST OF 

  ST MARYS. WITH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE RAINS MOVING IN FROM 

  THE ATLANTIC...PLUS WITH THE TIDE COMING IN...FLOODING             

  IS IMMINENT.             



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DIRECTLY AT 904-741-4370 TO REPORT FLOODING.



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PETERSON

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