Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

Feb 17, 1998, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 17, 1998, 10:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Suwannee County, FL

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING...UPDATE TO ADD HAMILTON COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
415 PM EST TUE FEB 17 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTH FLORIDA...

ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...FLAGLER...HAMILTON
GILCHRIST...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST JOHNS...SUWANNEE...UNION

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS CONTINUING OR IS
IMMINENT. DUE TO EXTENSIVE RAINFALL...GREATER THAN 3 INCHES AND AS MUCH
AS 7 INCHES OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES IN NORTH
FLORIDA DUE TO EXISTING SATURATED GROUND. WIDESPREAD ROAD
DAMAGE EXISTS...LOCALLY IMPASSIBLE ROADS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS
IS CONTINUING EVEN AFTER THE RAIN HAS STOPPED.  RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO
KEEP ABREST OF THEIR LOCAL SITUATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS
SURFACE WATER SLOWLY DRAINS INTO THE ALREADY FLOODING RIVER SYSTEMS OF
NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. ALL MOTORISTS ARE WARNED NOT
TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS TODAY AS ACTUAL ROAD DAMAGE EXISTS
IN NEARLY EVERY NORTH FLORIDA COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY ROAD DAMAGE REPORTS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM BRADFORD...PUTNAM...SUWANNEE...FLAGLER...
ALACHUA...AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.  KEEP CHILDREN CLEAR OF
ALL FLOODED AREAS AND FLOWING WATER.  ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN NORTH
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

REPORTS BY COUNTY...
...ALACHUA...OLD BELLAMY ROAD CLOSED...TURKEY CREEK DEVELOPMENT HAS
SEVERAL HOMES FLOODED...SOME SMALL BRIDGES ARE WASHED OUT.
...BRADFORD...ROAD DAMAGE...65 SECONDARY AND DIRT ROADS IMPASSABLE.
...BAKER...ST MARYS RIVER RISING RAPIDLY AND WILL CREST NEAR 18-19 FEET.
ROAD FLOODING AND IMPASSIBLE DIRT ROADS.
...CLAY...BLACK CREEK IS NOW AT FLOOD STAGE AND EXPECTED TO CREST
TOMORROW AT 23 FEET...ABOVE THE APRIL 1997 FLOOD. ROADS FLOODED.
...COLUMBIA...32 ROADS DAMAGED 2 HOMES FLOODED.
...DUVAL...FLOODING ALONG WILLS BRANCH WITH UP TO 5 FEET IN SOME
AREAS... WIDESPREAD LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING CONTINUES.
...FLAGLER...WIDESPREAD CROP AND FIELD FLOODING WITH DEAD AND CRESCENT
LAKES OVERFLOWING.
...GILCHRIST...ROAD FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 337S AND 232 AND OTHERS.
...HAMILTON...NEAR WHITE SPRINGS US 41 UNDERCUT AND SEVERAL LOCAL ROADS
UNDER WATER OR DAMAGED.  SEVERAL HOMES THREATENED BY FLOODING.
...MARION...NICHOLAS POND FILLED TO OVERFLOWING AND MAY LATER ENDANGER
NICHOLAS ESTATES AREA...NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED.
...PUTNAM...CROP AND ROAD FLOODING AND CREEKS OVERFLOWING.
...ST JOHNS...EXTENSIVE CROP AND FIELD FLOODING.
...SUWANNEE...HOMES THREATENED IN SEVERAL AREAS.
...UNION...WIDESPREAD PONDING AND FLOODING...STATE ROADS NOW CLEAR...
AVOID SECONDARY AND DIRT ROADS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

PLEASE TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS... YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THIS
FLOODING IN YOUR AREA.

WELSH/KUYPER

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.