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WGUS42 KJAX 211752

FLWJAX



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL

152 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2012



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ALACHUA FL-PUTNAM FL-MARION FL-

152 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2012



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...

  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

  ALACHUA COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MELROSE...GAINESVILLE...

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES...OCALA...FORT

  MCCOY...CITRA...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* AT 149 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR 

INDICATED PRIOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL...

RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 330 PM COULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF ROADS IN NEWBERRY

AND PAYNES PRAIRIE IN ALACHUA COUNTY.  



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. MAKE THE

SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE

WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.



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LAT...LON 2921 8254 2922 8241 2948 8241 2948 8255

      2953 8257 2953 8263 2985 8261 2971 8199

      2940 8177 2906 8212 2904 8253



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