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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
734 PM EDT TUE SEP 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM CITRA TO CRESCENT 
  CITY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS
  AREAS OF WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 3 
  TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE
  TO MOVE OVER THE AREA AFTER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS SHIFT NORTH. 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM 
  JOHNSON TO INTERLACHEN. 

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING
  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND
  ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

* BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
  THE DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING. DRIVE VERY CAUTIOUSLY.
  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.

* MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
  BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 904-741-4370 TO REPORT FLOODING.

LAT...LON 2975 8177 2937 8169 2953 8186 2949 8205
          2972 8203
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