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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

1243 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES CROSS CITY



* UNTIL 115 PM EDT



* AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE   

  APPROACHES THE BIG BEND AREA. BANDS OF RAIN WITH RAINRATES OF 6 INCHES 

  PER HOUR OR HIGHER WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

  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 WILL FLOOD.



* 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 2933 8315 2941 8321 2942 8328 2952 8340

      2966 8340 2967 8334 2982 8330 2982 8295

      2980 8292 2964 8296 2958 8294 2935 8307

      2929 8317



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