THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PANAMA CITY BEACH... HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BONIFAY... JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... EASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SANTA ROSA BEACH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...CHIPLEY... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 350 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...AS WELL AS ANTECEDENT FLOODING FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WHICH WAS CAUSING SOME ROADWAYS TO WASH OUT AND BECOME IMPASSABLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS FLOODING AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS TO COMPLETE AND WILL ONLY SERVE TO EXACERBATE THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE VARIED QUITE A BIT DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...AND HAVE RANGED FROM AS LITTLE AS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS TO AS MUCH AS 5 TO 7 INCHES IN OTHERS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN TODAY HAS FALLEN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...WHICH IS PROBABLY THE AREA THAT COULD LEAST AFFORD ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. FURTHERMORE...IT APPEARS THAT EVEN MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS ON THE WAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...AND BY THE TIME THAT THIS RAIN GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF AND HOPEFULLY COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...TOTAL AMOUNTS FOR THE DAY COULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME SPOTS. FINALLY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS EVEN MORE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ALREADY RAIN SOAKED AREA...SO EVEN MORE PROBLEMS COULD BE ON THE WAY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VICKSBURG...SHADY GROVE...NEW HOPE...GRAYTON BEACH...BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH...GAINER SPRING...PORTER LAKE...MILLERS FERRY...HOLMES VALLEY...SYLVANIA...GILBERTS MILL...SMYRNA...SPRING HOLLOW... BRADFORD... WHITEHEAD CROSSROADS...BROCK CROSSROAD...SUNNY HILLS... JOHNSON CROSSROADS...BAHOMA...HULAW... NOMA...BETHLEHEM... RIVERSIDE...WESTVILLE...WAUSAU... UNION...TENDIL CROSSING...SEMINOLE HILLS...ROCK HILL...RICHTER CROSSROADS...RED HEAD...RED BAY... PROSPERITY...PORTLAND...PORT WASHINGTON...POPLAR HEAD...PONCE DE LEON...PLEASANT HILL...PITTMAN...PINEY GROVE...PINE LOG...ORANGE HILL...NOMA JUNCTION... MILLER CROSSROADS...LEONIA...KNOX HILL... JACOBS... IZAGORA...HUDSON...HOLMES COUNTY AIRPORT...HOLLAND CROSSROADS...HINSONS CROSSROADS...HICKORY HILL...GRITNEY... GREENHEAD...GRACEVILLE... FREEPORT... FIVE POINTS...EUCHEEANNA... ESTO...EBRO...DOUGLASS CROSSROAD...DARLINGTON...CRYSTAL LAKE... CHIPLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...CERROGORDO...CENTER RIDGE... CARYVILLE...CAMPBELLTON...BUNKER...BRUCE...BARKER STORE...BAKER SETTLEMENT...ARRANT SETTLEMENT... ARGYLE...ARDS CROSSROADS AND LIVE OAK. MOVE AWAY FROM RISING WATER TO HIGHER GROUND! MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN. (dm)
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:03:33 +0000
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