779
WGUS42 KJAX 111440
FLWJAX
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1040 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY AFFECTING APPLING AND TOOMBS COUNTIES


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER
SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THREATENED PROPERTY. HIGH AND FAST
FLOWING RIVERS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR RECREATION OF ANY KIND. KEEP
CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH
FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.

&&

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/BAXG1.1.ER.130513T1800Z.130516T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1040 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE FL HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY.
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 72.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 74.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 75.8 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 74.5 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF TIMBER AND AGRICULTURAL
  LAND CAN BE EXPECTED.



&&


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

ALTAMAHA
  BAXLEY        74  72.6 SAT 10 AM   73.3   74.2   75.2   75.6   75.8


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