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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

543 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES CUTHBERT



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY.      

  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN TWO HOURS 

  HAVE FALLEN IN 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 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.



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

  FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



LAT...LON 3181 8487 3165 8482 3172 8459 3188 8462



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