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WGUS72 KTAE 261515
FFSTAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1115 AM EDT THU SEP 26 2024
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FRANKLIN FL-GULF FL-
1115 AM EDT THU SEP 26 2024 /1015 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2024/
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT /1115 AM
CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...
AT 1115 AM EDT /1015 AM CDT/, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARRABELLE, APALACHICOLA, EASTPOINT, ST GEORGE ISLAND, PORT ST.
JOE, MEXICO BEACH, WEWAHITCHKA, STONEMILL CREEK, FRANKLIN,
BEVERLY, BUCK SIDING, HAYS PLACE, FORT GADSDEN, CREELS, HOWARD
CREEK, BAY CITY, APALACHICOLA AIRPORT, TILTON AND WILLIS LANDING.
FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SUBMERGED BOAT RAMPS IN PARTS OF
APALACHICOLA, SAINT GEORGE ISLAND, AND CARABELLE THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3001 8455 2997 8445 2997 8434 2998 8434
2997 8426 2974 8456 2953 8497 2961 8525
2958 8536 2966 8545 2988 8543 2992 8539
2993 8539 3020 8539 3020 8512 3004 8514
2997 8503 3001 8495
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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