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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

1036 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES TALLAHASSEE

  NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES ST. MARKS

  DECATUR COUNTY IN GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES BAINBRIDGE

  SOUTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 1032 AM EDT(932 AM CDT)...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN   

ASSOCIATED WITH A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 

AREA AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.  RAIN RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 2 TO 4 

INCHES PER HOUR AND WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND 

ON ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS 

IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

  FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



LAT...LON 3084 8424 3066 8417 3033 8404 3012 8409

          3010 8427 3030 8434 3078 8465 3105 8475

          3107 8440



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