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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

347 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 341 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN RATES OF OVER         

  3 INCHES PER HOUR AND A SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ON INTERSTATE 75

  REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR 3 INCHES PER HOUR AND REDUCED        

  VISIBILITY.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.   IN ADDITION A SECOND STORM WILL PASS OVER THE 

  SAME AREAS ALONG I-75...ROUTES 301 AND 441 WILL LIKELY BE

  IMPASSABLE AT SOME POINT.  SEVERAL SMALLER ROADS AND STREETS

  ARE ALREADY REPORTED IMPASSABLE NEAR NORTH AND SOUTH PINE STREETS  

  IN OCALA.



* 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

  QUICKLY.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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