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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

540 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001...



* AT 5 PM EDT TUESDAY...WATER LEVELS WERE CONTINUING TO RISE ALONG   

  THE MUNSON SLOUGH SOUTH OF TALLAHASSEE.  THE WATER WAS EXPECTED    

  TO RISE 2 TO 3 MORE INCHES IN THE AREA AROUND LAKE MUNSON TUESDAY  

  NIGHT. IN ADDITION...RISES OF AROUND ANOTHER FOOT WERE PREDICTED   

  SOUTHWARD ALONG MUNSON SLOUGH AT TOMBERLIN ROAD, OAK RIDGE ROAD,   

  AND THE AREA SOUTH OF OAK RIDGE ROAD AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 61,       

  INCLUDING LIBERTY RIDGE. 



* ROADS CURRENTLY FLOODED INCLUDE TOMBERLIN, WILD CHERRY, OLD SHELL  

  POINT, RANCHERO, AND FLICKER. 



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SOUTH OF OAK RIDGE ROAD BETWEEN THE 

  CRAWFORDVILLE HIGHWAY AND WAKULLA SPRINGS SHOULD MONITOR WATER     

  LEVELS CLOSELY TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF            

  NECESSARY.  



* ADDITIONAL RAIN OF UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES FELL OVER PORTIONS  

  OF LEON AND NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY. THIS COULD     

  PRODUCE FURTHER RISES IN WATER LEVELS IN LAKE BRADFORD AND THE     

  CASCADE LAKES...AND ADD TO THE FLOW SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MUNSON   

  SLOUGH DRAINAGE BASIN INTO SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY AND NORTHERN       

  WAKULLA COUNTY.



* RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES REGARDING  

  THE FLOOD SITUATION. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF    

  UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  



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



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