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WGUS82 KTAE 081347
FLSTAE
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
947 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
 
  CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT GENEVA (SR 52) AFFECTING GENEVA COUNTY 

.LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATED UPSTREAM FLOW WILL STILL GENERATE MINIMUM
FLOOD LEVELS AT GENEVA BUT A DAY LATER THAN ORIGINALLY FORECAST. MUCH
OF THE FORECAST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WATER ENTERED THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE
RIVER FROM CLAYBANK CREEK NEAR ENTERPRISE FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS.  
DOWNSTREAM...BELLWOOD IS STILL RISING SHARPLY. CONSEQUENTLY THE FORECAST 
FOR GENEVA IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CHANGE BY TOMORROW DEPENDING ON WHEN 
BELLWOOD CRESTS.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PERSONS WITH INTEREST ALONG THE RIVER 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 TO TURN
AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.

FOR GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION...PLEASE GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON 
YOUR STATE. SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS. THE ADVANCED 
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE PROVIDES CURRENT AND FORECAST RIVER 
INFORMATION...GAGE LOCATIONS...IMPACTS... AND HISTORICAL CREST INFORMATION FOR 
ALL FORECAST POINTS BY CLICKING ON EACH POINT.

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ALC061-091347-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0009.120810T1104Z-120811T0030Z/
/GNVA1.1.ER.120810T1104Z.120810T1200Z.120810T1830Z.NO/
947 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT GENEVA (SR 52).
* FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 23.2 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS.



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               FLD  OBSERVED          7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST
LOCATION       STG  STG  DAY TIME     THU    FRI    SAT    SUN    MON

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
  GENEVA (SR    23   9.6 WED 08 AM   14.9   23.2   16.2    6.9    4.8
 

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