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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

659 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...

  CRESTVIEW



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 651 PM CDT...OKALOOSA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

  FLOODING IS BECOMING MORE WIDESPEARD OVER PARTS OF OKALOOSA        

  COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE               

  COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS        

  OCCURRED OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST      

  SEVERAL HOURS...AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2      

  INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS MORE HEAVY  

  RAINFALL MOVES INLAND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.                 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.  DONT DRIVE 

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MOBILE.



LAT...LON 3042 8677 3038 8641 3096 8641 3098 8678

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