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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

430 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2001





...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MUNSON SLOUGH 

DRAINAGE AREAS IN SOUTHERN LEON AND NORTHERN WAKULLA COUNTIES...



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

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

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



AT 430 PM EDT TUESDAY...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 HOLDING 

STEADY AT 2.8 FEET. THE LEVEL AT THE OAK RIDGE ROAD GAUGE WAS AT 

7.30 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...DOWN FROM 7.90 FEET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.



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 EARLY 

THIS WEEK 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.



* 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.



WITH WATER LEVELS CONTINUING TO FALL...THIS WILL BE THE LAST 

STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS EVENT UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT.  



.END

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