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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

1105 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  NORTHERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES ALONG HIGHWAY

  17 BETWEEN PALATKA AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS. STREAMS HAVE LIKELY

  OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS IN THIS AREA. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL

  IS MOVING INTO NORTHERN ST JOHNS AND SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES

  WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOURS AND FLOODING IS

  EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS AS WELL.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS   

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.   

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 904-741-4370 TO REPORT FLOODING.



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LAT...LON 2935 8162 2955 8183 2953 8199 2974 8196

          3027 8203 3056 8171 3056 8152 3047 8140

          3021 8138 2972 8123 2972 8148 2962 8152

          2949 8152 2939 8146



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