WOW.......WOW....WOW

[hurricanedude]

EVERY SINGLE COUNTY IN THE JACKSONVILLE FORECAST AREA UNDER A FLOOD WARNING!!!! WOW...NEVER SEEN AN AREA WITH SUCH A LARGE WARNING AREA......WATCH YES....WARNING NO....ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW...

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Flood Warning for the following counties...
Baker County in northeast Florida
Clay County in northeast Florida
Duval County in northeast Florida
Flagler County in northeast Florida
Nassau County in northeast Florida
Putnam County in northeast Florida
St. Johns County in northeast Florida
Alachua County in northern Florida
Bradford County in northern Florida
Columbia County in northern Florida
Gilchrist County in northern Florida
Hamilton County in northern Florida
Marion County in northern Florida
Suwannee County in northern Florida
Union County in northern Florida
Appling County in southeast Georgia
Atkinson County in southeast Georgia
Bacon County in southeast Georgia
Brantley County in southeast Georgia
Camden County in southeast Georgia
Charlton County in southeast Georgia
Clinch County in southeast Georgia
Coffee County in southeast Georgia
Echols County in southeast Georgia
Glynn County in southeast Georgia
Jeff Davis County in southeast Georgia
Pierce County in southeast Georgia
Ware County in southeast Georgia
Wayne County in southeast Georgia

* until 300 PM EDT Wednesday afternoon

* at 500 PM EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to
indicate bands of heavy rain associated with the remnants of Frances
rotating from south to north over the entire forecast area. Even
though the rain is expected to become more scattered in
nature... grounds across the entire area remain saturated and rivers
are either already in flood or near bankfull. Any additional
rains... no matter how light or short of duration will add to the
current flooding problems.

Additional rainfall tonight will be more localized... but totals
exceeding 2 inches will be possible. A moist airmass will continue
the next several days with showers and thunderstorms initiating early
in the day... despite the lessening influence from Frances.

Reports of street flooding have been widespread over the area... with
even some of the main arteries affected. This has produced a very
dangerous situation and extreme caution must be exercised when
driving. Driving conditions tend to deteriorate at night when water
covered roads become difficult to detect. If you see water covering a
roadway... remember to turn around and don't drown. The depth of water
is impossible to determine and erroring on the side of caution is
advised.

Residents should follow the advice of local authorities regarding the
flood situation... and be prepared to evacuate should flood waters
threaten.

[LCfromFL]

Well, I can certainly vouch for the flood warning here in Callahan, FL (Nassau County - just NW of JAX). We've JUST gotten our power turned on (been off since 2 pm on Sunday). Our phones went out this morning (have NO idea why - they worked up until the middle of the night). Anyway....as I type this, a light rain is falling - and Thomas Creek is sitting in my backyard (which is not where it belongs - it 'lives' back through the woods behind my hosue). Thomas Creek is not naviagable behind my house - it's really more of a trickle through a swamp. But Thomas Creek is used to channel all of the rain water away from here - and right now it's all channeling through my backyard . We've lived here for 20 years - and only once have I had water actually IN my house - it's been close a few times, though.

We had 10.5 inches of water here - according to my rain gauge.

[hurricanedude]

my rain guage is about 9.75...but a lot of the rain for about 24 hours was blowing sideways so im assuming more of 12+inches

[LCfromFL]

my rain guage is about 9.75...but a lot of the rain for about 24 hours was blowing sideways so im assuming more of 12+inches

Gawd - I didn't even think of the 'sideways' rain. What part of town do you live in hurricaneduce?

[hurricanedude]

Orange Park/Middleburg Area..you?