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WGUS42 KTAE 281621
FLWTAE
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1221 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

  CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT CARYVILLE AFFECTING HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
 ...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...

...RAINFALL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION.
WHITH THIS INCREASED RAINFALL THE RIVERS ACOROSS THE REGION ARE BEGINNING 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.


FLC059-133-291621-
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1221 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT CARYVILLE.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.6
  FEET BY MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...HIGHWAY 279 SOUTH OF CARYVILLE WILL BE CUT OFF. SEVERAL
  FISH CAMPS...RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND ADDITIONAL RURAL ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BE 
  FLOODED.



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

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
  CARYVILLE     12   8.6 SAT 11 AM   12.8   14.3   14.6   14.1   13.1



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