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WGUS72 KTAE 122043

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FLZ017-027-132100



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

500 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 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 500 PM EDT SUNDAY...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 

AROUND 4 INCHES FROM SATURDAY. THE LEVEL AT THE OAK RIDGE ROAD GAUGE 

WAS AT 8.20 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...DOWN  FROM 8.30 FEET THIS MORNING.



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.  



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