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WGUS42 KTAE 171418
FLWTAE
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1018 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN AFFECTING CALHOUN...FRANKLIN...GULF AND
LIBERTY COUNTIES
..MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...ALL PERSONS WITH INTEREST ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD
WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.
FLC013-037-045-077-181418-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FL.W.0053.091017T1700Z-091019T0224Z/
/BLOF1.1.ER.091017T1700Z.091018T0000Z.091018T2024Z.NO/
1018 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN.
* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
NEAR 15.4 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS. THIS LEVEL IS THE TOP OF
THE BANK AT THE MARINA.
FLD OBSERVED 7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE WED THU
APALACHICOLA RIVER
BLOUNTSTOWN 15 14.6 SAT 09 AM 15.4 13.1 11.3 10.4 9.6
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