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WGUS72 KTAE 101654

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FLZ017-027-111700



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

100 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE MUNSON SLOUGH DRAINAGE...



...NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED INCLUDE LAKE BRADFORD...LAKEVIEW 

   DRIVE...TOMBERLIN ROAD...OAK RIDGE ROAD...WILD CHERRY 

   DRIVE...RANCHERO ROAD...FLICKER ROAD...AND SUNFLOWER ROAD...



...NEW FLOODING HAS BEGUN ACROSS WAKULLA SPRINGS ROAD NEAR STONEWOOD 

   LANE AFFECTING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WEST OF WAKULLA SPRINGS ROAD...



AT 1200 PM EDT FRIDAY...WATER CONTINUED TO FLOW INTO THE CASCADES 

LAKE CHAIN...INTO LAKE BRADFORD...AND INTO THE MUNSON SLOUGH.  THIS 

WATER CONTINUES TO WORK SOUTH AND IS STILL OVERFLOWING MUNSON DAM.

THE NORTHWEST WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REPORTS THAT FLOWS FROM LAKE 

BRADFORD ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.  LEVELS AT THE 

OAK RIDGE ROAD GAUGE ARE ALSO DROPPING.  OBSERVATIONS FROM A LOCAL 

CITIZEN OFF SUNFLOWER ROAD INDICATES THAT THE WATER LEVEL THERE ROSE 

14 INCHES YESTERDAY...BUT HAD DROPPED 2 INCHES OVERNIGHT.



BASED ON OUR BEST ESTIMATES...IT APPEARS THAT THE WATER FROM THE 

RANCHERO ROAD...FLICKER ROAD AND SUNFLOWER ROAD AREAS IS NOW WORKING 

ITS WAY INTO THE AREA BETWEEN CRAWFORDVILLE ROAD AND WAKULLA SPRINGS 

ROAD NORTH OF THE LEON...WAKULLA COUNTY LINE.



DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND THE FACT THAT WATER IS 

NOW FLOWING OUT OF THE LEON SINKS AREA...IT IS LIKELY THAT 

NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH OF THE LEON...WAKULLA COUNTY LINE BETWEEN 

CRAWFORDVILLE ROAD AND WAKULLA SPRINGS ROAD WILL BE AFFECTED OVER 

THE WEEKEND AS THIS WATER CONTINUES TO WORK SOUTH TOWARDS WAKULLA 

SPRINGS.  NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH AND WEST OF THE LEON SINKS AREA 

COULD BE AFFECTED BY WATER PONDING AS WELL.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE PATH OF THIS SLOW MOVING  

  WATER SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY 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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