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WGUS42 KTAE 030441
FLWTAE
FLC129-040437-
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1137 PM EST THU FEB 02 2006

 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR...ST MARKS RIVER
AT NEWPORT
 ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

RECENT RAINS HAVE CAUSED RIVER LEVELS TO RISE SHARPLY. MORE RAIN IS
EXPECTED ON FRIDAY BEFORE A FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

FOR THE ST MARKS RIVER NEAR NEWPORT...THE LATEST STAGE IS 6.4 FEET AT 7 PM 
THURSDAY.  MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...WITH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 8.5 FEET AT 7 AM
SATURDAY...WHICH IS 1.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE STAGE WILL RISE ABOVE THE 
FLOOD STAGE OF 7.0 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD WILL FLOOD.  THIS
CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.5 FEET ON SEP 1 1961.

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.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...

&&

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

ST MARKS RIVER
 NEWPORT        7   6.4  THU 7PM     7.9    8.5    8.5    8.3    8.1   

$$