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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

815 PM EDT MON OCT 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 809 PM EDT...REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE BRADFORD COUNTY   

  SHERIFF INDICATED THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE LAWTEY AREA 

  NEAR COUNTY ROAD 225 WEST. WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE FLOODING IS

  NOT YET   KNOWN...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A LEVEE ON A RETENTION 

  POND HAS FAILED   CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY

  SURROUNDING AREAS.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE LAWTEY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR   

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE AFFECTED AREA 

SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

DO NOT ATTEMPT   TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT   OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT

DROWN.



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 3000 8225 2998 8205 3013 8207 3013 8213



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