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WGUS82 KTAE 210100
FLSTAE
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
800 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN AFFECTING GULF, CALHOUN,
FRANKLIN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 700 AM EST /600
AM CST/.
FLC013-037-045-077-211200-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250221T1200Z/
/BLOF1.1.ER.250217T1300Z.250220T0415Z.250221T0700Z.NO/
800 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025 /700 PM CST THU FEB 20 2025/
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY 4AM EST/ 3AM CST.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, FOREST ROAD 115 IN LIBERTY COUNTY AT RIVER
STYX CAMPGROUND WILL FLOOD, ISOLATING ACCESS TO THE SITE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM EST THURSDAY /6:15 PM CST THURSDAY/ THE STAGE WAS
17.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:15 PM EST THURSDAY /6:15 PM CST THURSDAY/ WAS
18.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 11.2 FEET
TUESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.5 FEET ON 02/01/2023.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3054 8502 3053 8493 3009 8508 2980 8491
2972 8505 3007 8520
JM
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