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WGUS42 KJAX 231619
FLWJAX
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1120 AM EST SAT FEBURARY 23 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... 

  ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY AFFECTING APPLING COUNTY
...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE ALTAMAHA BASIN HASS CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT
RISE IN THE ALTAMAHA RIVER. AT BAXLEY THE STAGE TODAY WAS 72.5 FEET
AND RISING. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 75.1 FEET ON TUESDAY 
FEBRUARY 24TH AT AROUND 10 PM. FLOOD STAGE IS 75.0 FEET. AT THIS 
LEVEL MINOR FLOODING OF TIMBER AND FARM LAND CAN BE EXPECTED.

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN 
AROUND...DON'T DROWN. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 
DEVELOPMENTS. 

GAC001-241619-
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/BAXG1.1.ER.080225T0300Z.080227T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1119 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY.
* FROM SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 10:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 72.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 74.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 75.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.


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               FLD    OBSERVED                   7AM FORECAST
LOCATION       STG  STG  DAY TIME    SUN    MON    TUE    WED    THU

ALTAMAHA
  BAXLEY      74.5  72.6 SAT 11 AM   74.0   74.7   75.0   75.1   75.1

RK