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WGUS82 KTAE 242253
FLSTAE

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
548 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VALDOSTA AFFECTING LOWNDES AND BROOKS 
COUNTIES 
  
 ...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE...

SAFETY MESSAGE...ALL PERSONS WITH INTEREST ALONG THE RIVER AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES IN BROOKS AND LOWNDES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST 
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU 
SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN!.

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548 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VALDOSTA.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:30 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS 
FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.9 FEET BY 
AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TOMORROW THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 22.5 FEET...FRANKYVILLE...LITTLE RIVER...ADAMS AND 
ROWLAND
  ROADS AS WELL AS ROWLAND LANE GO UNDER WATER.  WATER INTRUDES INTO 
  BACKYARDS OF MEADOWBROOK DRIVE. ADDITIONAL ROADS DOWNSTREAM MAY BE 
  AFFECTED. 
* FURTHER DOWNSTREAM SOUTH OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE LITTLE RIVER AND 
  WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER...NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 84...FLOODING IS EXPECTED  
  TO CONTINUE. EARLIER TODAY SEVERAL CAMPERS HAD TO BE RESCUED       
  FROM MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL RISES IN THE RIVER 
  OF UP TO ONE FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AT THE 
  HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE. 
* THE OKAPILCO CREEK NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 76 IS
  CRESTING AS OF 530 PM EST. AT THE CURRENT STAGE...THIS CREEK WILL  
  APPROACH THE BASE OF THE HIGHWAY 76 BRIDGE. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA  
  SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL RISES   NEAR THIS BRIDGE AND LISTEN 
  TO THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 

&&
               FLD  OBSERVED         7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST
LOCATION       STG  STG  DAY TIME    MON    TUE    WED    THU    FRI

WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
  VALDOSTA      13  20.8 SUN 04 PM   20.8   19.7   18.5   17.5   16.1


$$

GODSEY