000 WGUS42 KTAE 251715 FLWTAE FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1215 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA... CHIPOLA RIVER NEAR ALTHA AFFECTING CALHOUN COUNTY ...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST... 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. FLC013-261715- /O.NEW.KTAE.FL.W.0013.080226T0112Z-080301T0325Z/ /ALTF1.2.ER.080226T0112Z.080227T1800Z.080229T2125Z.NO/ 1215 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CHIPOLA RIVER NEAR ALTHA. * FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 26.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. $$