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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

430 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLAGLER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 430 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IN FLAGLER AND ST JOHNS

  COUNTIES ARE REPORTING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

  TOTAL RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE HAS BEEN

  BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS. RAINFALL HAS

  FINALLY DIMINISHED AND ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS LESS THAN A HALF

  AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.



* MANY OF THE SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTIES ARE STILL

  IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. FLAGLER ESTATES IN SOUTHERN ST JOHNS

  COUNTY IS FLOODED. IN FLAGLER COUNTY...SOME OF THE ROADS

  CLOSED INCLUDE...COUNTY ROADS 15...2006 AND 90...AS WELL AS

  BIRD OF PARADISE ROAD AND WATER OAKS ROAD IN PALM COAST.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE    

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO     

  CROSS SAFELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE

  THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.



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