000 WGUS42 KTAE 071641 FLWTAE FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1141 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VALDOSTA AFFECTING LOWNDES COUNTY ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST... HEAVY RAIN THIS MORING COMBINED WITH RAIN EARLER THIS WEEK HAS CAUSED THE RIVERS TO RISE. 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. GAC185-081641- /O.NEW.KTAE.FL.W.0021.080308T0234Z-080312T0352Z/ /VDSG1.1.ER.080308T0234Z.080310T0500Z.080311T2152Z.NO/ 1141 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VALDOSTA. * FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 19.2 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FRANKLINVILLE AND THE LITTLE RIVER ROAD WILL FLOOD. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. $$