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WGUS42 KTAE 011441
FLWTAE
ALC061-FLC059-133-021439-
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
939 AM EST FRI APR 01 2005

 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR...CHOCTAWHATCHEE
RIVER AT GENEVA...CARYVILLE
 ...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST...

FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...WITH A
STAGE OF 23.9 FEET MEASURED AT 8 AM FRIDAY.  MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...WITH A
MAXIMUM STAGE OF 27.5 FEET AT 1 PM SUNDAY...WHICH IS 4.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
AT 27.0 FEET...FARMLANDS AND SOME FARM ROADS WILL FLOOD.  THIS CREST COMPARES TO
A PREVIOUS CREST OF 26.6 FEET ON MAR 5 1991.  

FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT CARYVILLE...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...WITH A
STAGE OF 14.6 FEET MEASURED AT 9 AM FRIDAY.  MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST...
WITH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 16.5 FEET AT 8 AM MONDAY...WHICH IS 4.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.  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.  THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.9 FEET ON JAN 29 1978.  

CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS...

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...



&&


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

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
  GENEVA        23  23.9 FRI  8 AM   25.4   27.3   27.0   25.7   24.3
  CARYVILLE     12  14.6 FRI  9 AM   15.4   16.0   16.5   16.5   16.2


$$