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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

734 PM EDT TUE SEP 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM CITRA TO CRESCENT 

  CITY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS

  AREAS OF WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 3 

  TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE

  TO MOVE OVER THE AREA AFTER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS SHIFT NORTH. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM 

  JOHNSON TO INTERLACHEN. 



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

  ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



* BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

  THE DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING. DRIVE VERY CAUTIOUSLY.

  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.



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

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

  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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.



LAT...LON 2975 8177 2937 8169 2953 8186 2949 8205

          2972 8203

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