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FLC003-023-031-089-121-020530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

935 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BAKER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  SOUTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA

  SUWANNEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EST



* AT 924 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ALONG A SWATH FROM NEAR LIVE OAK TO 

  JACKSONVILLE. RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES

  HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE 

  LIKELY. COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS REPORTED A PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 41

  NORTH UNDERWATER NEAR TRIPLE RUN ROAD. IN ADDITION...JACKSONVILLE

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECORDED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY THUS

  FAR.



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.



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.



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.





LAT...LON 3043 8145 3019 8235 2996 8288 3023 8323

          3050 8221 3041 8221 3036 8216 3036 8206

          3058 8197 3069 8156

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