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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1034 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ST. MARKS RIVER NEAR NEWPORT ON OLD MAGNOLIA RD AFFECTING WAKULLA
AND LEON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
FLC073-129-091800-
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/NEPF1.1.ER.261011T0000Z.261012T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1034 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ST. MARKS RIVER NEAR NEWPORT ON OLD MAGNOLIA RD.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.5 FEET, WATER APPROACHES THE STEPS TO AN ELEVATED
RESIDENCE ON OLD MAGNOLIA ROAD IN WAKULLA COUNTY. OTHER ELEVATED
STRUCTURES BEGIN TO BE SURROUNDED BY WATER. PORTIONS OF THE NATURAL
BRIDGE STATE PARK NEAR THE RIVER BEGIN TO FLOOD IN LEON COUNTY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 8.7 FEET
SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.6
FEET ON 04/01/1987.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3030 8413 3024 8413 3013 8419 3014 8423
3024 8417 3030 8417
73-YOUNG
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