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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

1116 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES NASHVILLE



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1112 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FROM THREE TO SIX INCHES  

  OF RAIN FELL DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO     

  TWO INCHES IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. COUNTY OFFICIALS

  REPORTED ALL RURAL ROADS UNDER WATER. ALSO...FLOODING WAS REPORTED

  ON HIGHWAYS 129 AND 168 FROM NASHVILLE TO ALAPAHA.



* 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.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

  FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



LAT...LON 3145 8324 3126 8304 3106 8326 3134 8340



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