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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

620 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALACHUA

COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM...



MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

IMPACT MOST OF ALACHUA COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UPWARDS TO 3 INCHES DURING THE

PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY THIS VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 75 FROM GAINESVILLE

NORTHWARD...INCLUDING FAIRBANKS...HAGUE...ALACHUA...AND LA CROSSE. AN

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH 8 PM.

THEREFORE...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POSSIBLY HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...SOME

SECONDARY ROADS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY

BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



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