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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

1013 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  APPLING COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA   

  BACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  NORTHERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 215 PM EST



* AT 1009 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. GEORGIA

  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL PAVED ROADS ARE BECOMING

  IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* 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.



* 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.



* IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...

  RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

  CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING

  HEAVY RAINFALL.



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 3179 8234 3132 8248 3129 8290 3167 8290

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