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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

115 PM 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 THU AUG 9 2001...



* CURRENT CONDITIONS...AT 1100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...WATER LEVELS WERE 

CONTINUING TO SLOWLY RISE ALONG THE MUNSON SLOUGH SOUTH OF 

TALLAHASSEE.  WATER LEVELS AT OAK RIDGE ROAD WERE 8.8 FEET THIS 

MORNING AND CONTINUING TO SLOWLY RISE. MEANWHILE...UPSTREAM...MUNSON 

SLOUGH WATER LEVELS AT MUNSON DAM HAVE DROPPED OVERNIGHT AND ARE NOW 

NEAR 3.8 FT.  



* UPSTREAM FORECAST...SINCE THE MUNSON DAM LEVELS HAVE DROPPED...THE 

WATER STORED IN THE CASCADE LAKE CHAIN DURING THE RECENT RAINFALL IS 

NOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN BACK DRAINING INTO LAKE BRADFORD.

THIS BACK DRAINING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESUME FLOODING ON LAKEVIEW 

DRIVE.  RAINFALL FROM AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON 

MAY ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THIS AREA.



* DOWNSTREAM FORECAST...WATER LEVELS 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...ARE EXPECTED TO 

CREST TODAY.  GROUND WATER CONDITIONS ARE HIGHER NOW THAN DURING THE 

RECENT ALLISON EVENT...CONSEQUENTLY...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO

REMAIN HIGH FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO IN AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF OAK 

RIDGE ROAD.  THE ADDITIONAL WATER EXPECTED FROM THE CASCADE CHAIN IN 

ADDITION TO AFTERNOON RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSHOWERS WILL ALSO HELP TO 

KEEP WATER NEAR CURRENT LEVELS AS WELL. 



* 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. 



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE SHOULD MONITOR    

  WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY.



* 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.  



* 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.  



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