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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

444 AM CST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  

* UNTIL 745 AM CST



* AT 529 AM EST...A PANAMA CITY REPORTER INDICATED VERY RAIN ACROSS  

  BAY COUNTY...AS MUCH AS 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. FLOODING WAS 

  REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 98 WITH SEVERAL CARS FLOATING ON THE ROAD. 

  FLOODING WAS LIKELY ACROSS OTHER ROADS AND IN TOWNS. THEREFORE A   

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRO AL OF BAY COUNTY.  



* 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.



LAT...LON 3010 8542 3001 8549 3041 8594 3041 8542



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