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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

620 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  NORTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA



* UNTIL 8AM EDT...



* AT 615 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LEON COUNTY IS CONTINUING

  TO FLOW SOUTH THROUGH THE MUNSON SLOUGH DRAINAGE BASIN INTO 

  SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY.  WATER LEVELS 

  ARE EXPECTED TO CONTUNUE TO RISE ALONG THE MUNSON SLOUGH SOUTH OF 

  TALLAHASSEE.  NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS, INCLUDING AREAS 

  AROUND LAKE MUNSON, AND SOUTHWARD ALONG MUNSON SLOUGH AT 

  TOMBERLIN ROAD, OAK RIDGE ROAD, AND THE AREA SOUTH OF OAK RIDGE 

  ROAD AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 61, INCLUDING THE LIBERTY RIDGE AREA, 

  COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING SIMILAR TO THE EVENT OF 1994.  



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS     

  AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY.  FOLLOW ADVICE OF LOCAL 

  AUTHORITIES IN CASE OF IMMINENT FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER   

  DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS       

  OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DONT BECOME A STATISTIC.  



LAT...LON 3056 8414 3018 8430 3025 8466 3053 8438



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