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FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 433 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNF...JACKSONVILLE BEACH...
ARLINGTON...
EXTREME NORTHERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PONTE VEDRA BEACH...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 428 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
FROM TRAINING RAINBANDS HAS PRODUCED 3 HOUR STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 4 INCHES OVER THE DUVAL COUNTY COAST...EXTENDING INLAND FROM
NEPTUNE BEACH TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA. FARTHER INLAND
STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS ARE NEAR 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR
NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE....ORTEGA AND ARGYLE IN NORTHERN CLAY
COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AS OUTER RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE
ONSHORE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES OR FLOOD WARNINGS. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
LAT...LON 3014 8187 3029 8189 3038 8140 3023 8137
$$
ENYEDI FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1053 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...
FLAGLER...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...ST
JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND UNION.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* TROPICAL STORM FAY IS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND IS FORECAST
TO TURN NORTHWEST AND SLOW. AS FAY MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA THROUGH
TODAY AND THURSDAY...RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS RAIN BANDS
SPREAD NORTH. AS A RESULT...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
* HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS...BOTH PRECEDING AND DIRECTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH FAY...WILL FAVOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA.
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...EASTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA COULD RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FARTHER INLAND AMOUNTS MAY VARY FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES. IF FAY SLOWS EVEN FURTHER...THEN HIGHER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
$$ TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1235 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR FAY MAINTAINS THE SYSTEM ALONG
THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKENS THE STORM AND TRACKS IT
SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...A LITTLE SOUTH OF PRIOR FORECASTS. THE HURRICANE WATCH
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...BUT TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN
EFFECT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
NASSAU...DUVAL...ST JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
FLOOD WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
PLEASE HEED THE ADVISE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK AND INTENSITY FORECASTS...ONSHORE
WINDS COULD RESULT IN TOTAL STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY...
ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES.
...WINDS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THERE IS A 30 TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR
GREATER. THERE IS LESS THAN A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74
MPH/ OR GREATER.
...INLAND FLOODING...
THROUGH FRIDAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD POTENTIALLY REACH 6 TO 12
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IF YOU EXPERIENCED FLOODING
DURING THE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS OF LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY
OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR YOU MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING ONCE AGAIN. THOSE
IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS MONCRIEF CREEK...MCCOYS
CREEK AND HOGANS CREEK SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR FLOODING AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN CAN PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE WITH POOR DRAINAGE. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS WITH VERY POOR
DRAINAGE MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 3 FEET. OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS WILL HAVE WATER RISES OF 1 FOOT. IF APPROACHING A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 530 PM.
$$ TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1235 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR FAY MAINTAINS THE SYSTEM ALONG
THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKENS THE STORM AND TRACKS IT
SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...A LITTLE SOUTH OF PRIOR FORECASTS. THE HURRICANE WATCH
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...BUT TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN
EFFECT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
NASSAU...DUVAL...ST JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
FLOOD WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
PLEASE HEED THE ADVISE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK AND INTENSITY FORECASTS...ONSHORE
WINDS COULD RESULT IN TOTAL STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY...
ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES.
...WINDS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THERE IS A 30 TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR
GREATER. THERE IS LESS THAN A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74
MPH/ OR GREATER.
...INLAND FLOODING...
THROUGH FRIDAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD POTENTIALLY REACH 6 TO 12
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IF YOU EXPERIENCED FLOODING
DURING THE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS OF LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY
OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR YOU MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING ONCE AGAIN. THOSE
IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS MONCRIEF CREEK...MCCOYS
CREEK AND HOGANS CREEK SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR FLOODING AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN CAN PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE WITH POOR DRAINAGE. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS WITH VERY POOR
DRAINAGE MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 3 FEET. OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS WILL HAVE WATER RISES OF 1 FOOT. IF APPROACHING A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 530 PM.
$$
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