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WGUS42 KJAX 081708
FLWJAX
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1208 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

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

  ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY AFFECTING APPLING AND TOOMBS COUNTIES
...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

 ...ALTAMAHA RIVER TO FLOOD NORTH OF BAXLEY...
 
 RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED TO ALTAMAHA RIVER TO RISE AND MINOR
 FLOODING IS FORECAST. THE RIVER STAGE AT 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING WAS
 73.0 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 74.5 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH
 FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MARCH 11TH...THEN CONTINUE A SLOW
 RISE TO 74.8 FEET ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THE 12TH AND 13TH.
 
 AT THIS LEVEL MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME
 RIVER ACCESS ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.

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

GAC001-279-091708-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FL.W.0006.080311T1800Z-000000T0000Z/
/BAXG1.1.ER.080311T1800Z.080312T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1208 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY.
* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING 
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 73.2 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 74.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 74.8 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.


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

ALTAMAHA
  BAXLEY      74.5  73.2 SAT 11 AM   73.5   74.0   74.4   74.7   74.8