Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Sep 29, 1998, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)

Expired

Sep 29, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

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TTAA00 KTLH 291956
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FLC037-039-073-077-129-300000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
357 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...LEON...LIBERTY AND WAKULLA COUNTY IN NORTHERN
  FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER
PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLE WILL MOVE INTO THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG BEND BEFORE 5 PM EDT. THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALREADY ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS AND FLOODING
WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE BIG BEND AND WILL AFFECT TOWNS SUCH AS QUINCY...
CRAWFORDVILLE AND TALLAHASSEE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

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. REM.EMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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