PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
206 PM EDT MON APR 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM FLOOD CARYVILLE 30.77N 85.81W
03/30/2009 WASHINGTON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
PUSHED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 279 SOUTH OF CARYVILLE.
FLOODING WAS OBSERVED ALONG HOLMES CREEK, AND AT EBRO AND
NEW HOPE. AT LEASTY A DOZEN HOMES WERE IMPACTED. IN
CARYVILLE, THE POST OFFICE AND CITY HALL WERE CLOSED. THE
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WORK CAMP WERE RELOCATED.
0600 AM FLOOD MERIDIAN 30.64N 84.28W
03/31/2009 LEON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING CLOSED MANY COUNTY AND SECONDARY ROADS INCLUDING
FAIRBANKS FERRY ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 12 FROM NORTH MERIDIAN
ROAD TO U.S. HIGHWAY 319, CROOKED ROAD SOUTH OF LAKE
TALQUIN DAM AT STATE ROUTE 20, NORTH MERIDIAN ROAD AT
DOUBLE BRIDGES, CHADWICK RAOD, AND OLD BAINBRIDGE ROAD
NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 27. MODETATE TO MAJOR FLOODING
ALONG THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AFFECTED MANY HOMES, WITH
SOME EVACUATIONS REPORTED.
0600 PM FLOOD 5 NW THOMASVILLE 30.89N 84.04W
03/31/2009 THOMAS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER
AFFECTED THREE HOMES ON FLAMINGO ROAD. STATE HIGHWAY 3
AND U.S. HIGHWAY 84 AT BARNETTS CREEK WERE CLOSED. THE
RIVER CRESTED AT 23.8 FT ON APRIL 3RD.
1000 PM FLOOD ALTHA 30.57N 85.13W
03/31/2009 CALHOUN FL EMERGENCY MNGR
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE CHIPOLA RIVER
IMPACTED AT LEAST 150 HOMES FROM ALTHA TO THE GULF COUNTY
LINE.
0200 AM FLOOD 4 SE BRUCE 30.43N 85.92W
04/01/2009 WASHINGTON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER CLOSED
ROADS ALONG THE WALTON-WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE BETWEEN
EBRO AND BRUCE TO THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY. THIS INCLUDED
THE STEELFIELD AND BUNKER COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL HOMES WERE
AFFECTED. THE RIVER CRESTED AT 20.5 FT ON APRIL 2ND.
0100 AM FLOOD ALBANY 31.58N 84.18W
04/02/2009 DOUGHERTY GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE FLINT RIVER AFFECTED
SEVERAL DOZEN HOMES IN THE RADIUM SPRINGS, HAMPTON AND
LOVERS LANE AT LAKE WORTH AREAS. FIVE COUNTY ROADS WERE
CLOSED TO FLOODING. THE ALBANY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WAS PUMPING 62 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER DAILY SINCE THE
EVENT BEGAN.
0200 AM FLOOD VALDOSTA 30.85N 83.28W
04/02/2009 LOWNDES GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
NEAR VALDOSTA CLOSED FRANKLINVILLE AND LITTLE RIVER
ROADS. NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES WERE CLOSED THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY. AT LEAST 100 HOMES WERE FLOODED.
1200 PM FLOOD PINETTA 30.59N 83.35W
04/02/2009 MADISON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 FATAL *** MODERATE TO RECORD FLOODING ALONG THE
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER NEAR PINETTA CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS
INCLUDING HIGHWAY 145 AND COUNTY ROAD 150 EAST OF PINETTA
AT THE BRIDGE. MANY HOMES ALONG THE RIVER WERE AFFECTED,
WITH EVACUATIONS ON APRIL 5TH AND 6TH. OAKHILL ROAD
FLOODED AT 65 FT. SEVERAL UNPAVED ROADS WERE FLOODED. AN
ELDERLY MAN ATTEMPTING TO EVACUATE HIS HOME LATE IN THE
EVENING OF APRIL 5TH DROWNED NEAR THE BLUE SPRINGS BOAT
RAMP.
0600 AM FLOOD 5 N NEWPORT 30.27N 84.18W
04/03/2009 WAKULLA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE ST MARKS RIVER
PUSHED WATER UNDER HOMES AT ST MARKS RISE AND OLD
MAGNOLIA ROAD. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AFFECTED SIX HOMES FROM CURTIS MILL
ROAD TO JUST NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 319. FLOODING ALONG
SMITH CREEK AFFECTED TWO HOMES.
0600 PM FLOOD NW NEWTON 31.32N 84.34W
04/03/2009 BAKER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE FLINT RIVER FLOODED
SEVERAL HOMES. HIGHWAY 200 IN NEWTON WAS CLOSED. WATER
SURROUNDED THE COURTHOUSE AND THREE VACANT BUILDINGS. THE
RIVER CRESTED AT 32 FT ON APRIL 5TH.
0700 AM FLOOD BAINBRIDGE 30.91N 84.58W
04/05/2009 DECATUR GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE FLINT
RIVER. RUNOFF FROM THE TWIN LAKES, LAKE DOUGLAS AND
SLOUGH FLOODED 25 MOBILE HOMES IN THE SLOUGH LOOP
SUBDIVISION FIVE MILES NORTH OF BAINBRIDGE, BETWEEN
HIGHWAYS 97 AND 309. TWO HOMES WERE CUT OFF BY HIGH WATER
ON YATES SPRINGS ROAD.
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JAMSKI
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