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WGUS42 KTAE 281618
FLWTAE
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1218 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

  CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR NEWTON AFFECTING DALE COUNTY
  CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA AFFECTING GENEVA COUNTY
 ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

RAINFALL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION. 

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.


ALC045-291618-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FL.W.0003.090328T1800Z-090330T2306Z/
/NEWA1.1.ER.090328T1800Z.090329T1200Z.090330T1706Z.NO/
1218 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR NEWTON.
* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:30 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 23.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING ON THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR 
  NEWTON ALABAMA WILL AFFECT STORES AND APARTMENTS NEAR HIGHWAY 92...EIGHT MILES
  DOWNSTREAM.



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

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
  NEWTON        19  15.3 SAT 11 AM   23.8   20.7   13.2    6.4    5.5



$$

ALC061-291617-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FL.W.0004.090329T0542Z-090330T0750Z/
/GNVA1.1.ER.090329T0542Z.090329T1200Z.090330T0150Z.NO/
1218 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 23.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS.



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

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
  GENEVA        23  15.7 SAT 11 AM   23.8   20.7   13.2    6.4    5.5



$$