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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
156 PM EDT THU APR 18 2024
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LEON FL-
156 PM EDT THU APR 18 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY LAST WEEK'S RAINFALL CONTINUES,
ESPECIALLY IN THE CHAIRES, CAPITOLA, AND BAUM COMMUNITIES OF
EASTERN LEON COUNTY.
* WHERE...EASTERN LEON COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 PM EDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...A FEW ROADS EITHER REMAIN CLOSED OR HAVE WATER STILL
FLOWING ACROSS THEM IN EASTERN LEON COUNTY. DRIVING ON FLOODED
ROADS CAN BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. OBEY ANY ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 154 PM EDT, LEON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
CONTINUED FLOODING IN THE CAPITOLA, CHAIRES, AND BAUM
COMMUNITIES OF EASTERN LEON COUNTY. FLOOD WATERS REMAIN, BUT
ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING. WHILE SOME ROADS ARE BEGINNING TO
REOPEN, OTHERS HAVE WATER FLOWING ACROSS THEM, MAKING TRAVEL
DIFFICULT OR EVEN DANGEROUS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAIRES, CAPITOLA, CHAIRES CROSSROADS, APALACHEE REGIONAL
PARK AND RALFORD GREENWAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BYPASS A BARRICADE OR OTHER ROAD CLOSURE SIGN. THE
WATER IN THESE AREAS IS TOO DEEP FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY.
CHOOSING TO DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROAD PUTS YOUR LIFE IN DANGER!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3048 8408 3048 8404 3047 8404 3046 8404
3044 8407 3043 8407 3042 8407 3041 8408
3042 8411 3042 8414 3042 8418 3048 8418
3049 8416 3048 8415
GODSEY
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