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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
812 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008

  CHIPOLA RIVER NEAR ALTHA AFFECTING CALHOUN COUNTY
 ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHIPOLA RIVER NEAR ALTHA.
* FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* AT  8:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 22.4 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
   
   ...AT 23.0 FEET...WATER WILL START TO AFFECT HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES IN 
  THE FLOOD PLAIN DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE. A FEW FISH CAMPS DOWNSTREAM OF 
  HIGHWAY 20 WILL BE AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATER.

SAFETY MESSAGE...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.

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

CHIPOLA RIVER
  ALTHA         22  12.7 THU 08 PM   22.2   22.1   20.8   19.4  18.5