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FLZ017-027-122100



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

500 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



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

   COUNTY...



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

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

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



AT 400 PM EDT SATURDAY...WATER CONTINUED TO FLOW INTO THE CASCADES 

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

WATER CONTINUES TO WORK SOUTH...HOWEVER THE MUNSON DAM WAS DOWN 

ABOUT AN INCH FROM THIS MORNING.  LEVELS AT THE OAK RIDGE ROAD GAUGE 

WAS AT 8.30 FEET...UP FROM 8.20 FEET THIS MORNING.



COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS WERE RISING VERY 

SLOWLY  AT BOB MILLER AND NEW LIGHT CHURCH ROADS NEAR LEON SINKS.

NO HOUSES WERE IN DANGER AT THIS TIME.



WATER LEVELS AT PINE WOOD AND CREST WOOD WERE RECEDING.



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 REMAINDER OF THIS 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.  



.END

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