511  
WGUS42 KMFL 031042  
FLWMFL  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL  
642 AM EDT TUE OCT 3 2023  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN  
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...  
 
FISHEATING CREEK NEAR PALMDALE AFFECTING GLADES COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE FISHEATING CREEK...INCLUDING PALMDALE...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 645 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
FLC043-041045-  
/O.EXT.KMFL.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/PLMF1.1.ER.231003T1200Z.231003T1200Z.231004T0000Z.NO/  
642 AM EDT TUE OCT 3 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...FISHEATING CREEK NEAR PALMDALE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, FISHEATING CREEK IS AT FLOOD STAGE. ACCESS  
ROAD TO CAMPGROUND AND THE BATH HOUSE ARE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:00 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.0  
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
7.0 FEET ON 07/01/1937.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2693 8137 2698 8135 2695 8126 2690 8129  
 

 
 
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