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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

230 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA



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



* AT 230 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...WATER LEVELS WERE CONTINUING TO RISE     

  ALONG THE MUNSON SLOUGH SOUTH OF TALLAHASSEE. REPORTS FROM POLICE  

  AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS WERE    

  RISING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH RISES OF UP TO        

  ANOTHER FOOT 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, FLICKER, AND STATE ROAD 61 NEAR ROUTE 319 AND OAK 

  RIDGE ROAD IN LEON COUNTY. AS THE WATER CONTINUES TO RISE...MORE   

  CLOSINGS MAY BE NECESSARY SOUTHWARD IN WAKULLA COUNTY. 



* 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.  



.END

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