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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
412 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009

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ST. JOHNS FL-DUVAL FL-
412 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES AREAS ADJACENT TO THE ST JOHNS RIVER.

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 500 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 
INDICATE BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING IN OFF THE ATLANTIC 
OVER DUVAL COUNTY PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 
HOUR. THIS COASTAL STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES 
LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FLOODING OF 
HOMES ON 105TH STREET NEAR THE FLEA MARKET ON THE WESTSIDE OF 
JACKSONVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE SITUATION.

IN ADDITION...THE ST JOHNS RIVER LEVELS HAVE SHOWN A STEADY INCREASE 
THROUGH EACH OF THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES THE LAST TWO DAYS. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL ALLOW FOR FURTHER INCREASES IN RIVER LEVELS WHICH WILL 
LEAD TO FLOODING IN THE NORMALLY PRONE AREAS AND PRIMARILY THROUGH 
OVERFLOW OF THE STORM DRAINS. AT THIS TIME...DUE TO A PREDOMINANT 
EASTERLY FLOW...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THAT 
EXPERIENCED DURING TROPICAL STORM FAY THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THE LOW IN 
THE GULF SHIFTS WEST AND WINDS BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY...WE WILL MONITOR 
THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER INCREASES IN RIVER LEVELS AND FLOOD 
CONCERNS THROUGH LATE THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FLOOD MANY CREEKS...STREAMS...STORM RETENTION 
PONDS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...HIGHWAYS...STREETS... 
ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND ACCESS TO HOUSING MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 
WATER. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 
WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 
ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ROAD WASHOUTS MAY BE COVERED BY 
WATER. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 3013 8166 3020 8167 3020 8202 3053 8171
      3051 8142 3049 8143 3047 8140 3045 8141
      3043 8140 3041 8141 3039 8138 3033 8139
      3012 8133

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