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WGUS42 KTAE 250223
FLWTAE
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
923 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA... 

  CHIPOLA RIVER AT MARIANNA AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY
 ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RECEIVED LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS THE 
REGION HAS CAUSED AREA RIVERS TO SWELL AS RUNOFF FROM SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA MOVES INTO NORTH FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK AND THIS RAINFALL MAY FURTHER EXACERBATE
ONGOING RIVER FLOODING ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. 

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 TURN AROUND! 
DON'T DROWN!

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923 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHIPOLA RIVER AT MARIANNA.
* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 20.4 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.5 FEET...A FEW FAMILIES WILL NEED TO BE EVACUATED FROM
  LOCATIONS NORTH OF TOWN.

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