000 WGUS42 KMFL 202359 FLWMFL BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 759 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008 FLC043-051-211145- /O.NEW.KMFL.FA.W.0006.080820T2359Z-080821T1145Z/ /00000.0.MC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 759 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... GLADES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...LAKEPORT... EXTREME NORTHERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLEWISTON... * UNTIL 745 AM EDT THURSDAY * AT 740 PM EDT...THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WAS STILL REPORTING MAJOR FLOODING IN THE MUSE AND PALMDALE AREAS. THEY WERE ALSO REPORTING MANY ROADS CLOSE ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME OF THEM ARE REPORTED BELOW. THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER STILL CONTINUES TO REPORT THAT STATE ROAD 29 IS CLOSE FROM THE INTERSECTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 78 WEST AND STATE ROAD 29 TO THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 29 AND US HIGHWAY 27. THEY ARE ALSO REPORTING THAT THE SOUTH BOUND LANES OF US HIGHWAY 27 IS CLOSE TWO MILES SOUTH OF PALMDALE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER HAS ALSO CLOSED COUNTY ROAD 74 DUE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS. THEY ARE ADVISING DRIVERS TO USE US HIGHWAY 27 OR ANOTHER ALTERNATE ROUTE. COUNTY ROAD 74 WILL ALSO BE CLOSE BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 31 AND SATE ROAD 29. THEY HAVE ALSO LIMITED COUNTY ROAD 731 (TASMANIAN GRADE)TO BY LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY. THE MAPLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH IS OPEN AS A SHELTER PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING. PEOPLE ALSO ARE ASK TO REPORT ANY MAJOR FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO HOMES OR BUSINESS TO THE GLADES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT 8, 6, 3, 9, 4, 6, 6, 0, 0, 4. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4528 TO REPORT FLOODING. LAT...LON 2716 8087 2707 8094 2704 8093 2703 8097 2705 8097 2698 8107 2692 8107 2693 8110 2689 8111 2683 8106 2682 8095 2678 8094 2675 8089 2677 8156 2703 8156 2703 8129 2712 8127 2713 8118 2721 8115 $$ BAXTER