FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 1216 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 1215 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE APALACHICOLA RIVER
NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN.. AFFECTING CALHOUN...FRANKLIN...GULF AND
LIBERTY COUNTIES...
...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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116 PM EST MON DEC 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.8 FEET BY TOMORROW
MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR AT DOUGLAS LANDING
AND WILLIS LANDING CAMPGROUNDS. THE 19.0 FT LEVEL AT BLOUNTSTOWN MAY AT TIMES
NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF RIVER LEVELS IN THESE AREAS DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS...
WINDS OR LOCAL RAINFALL AND SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION.
FLD OBSERVED 7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME TUE WED THU FRI SAT
APALACHICOLA RIVER
BLOUNTSTOWN 15 18.4 MON 12 PM 19.8 19.4 17.2 16.3 15.7
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 833 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 845 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009 /833 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR MOST
OF THE COASTAL WATERS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS MONDAY EVENING. THE AREA OF RAIN WILL
SLOWLY SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT TO THE
NORTHWEST PRESSES FURTHER INTO THE REGION. THIS RAIN WILL OCCUR
OVER AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE PAST FEW
DAYS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN AND ALBANY.
AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THOSE
AREAS. AS OF LATE MONDAY EVENING...A FEW COUNTY FLOOD WARNINGS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE WATCH AS WELL AS
SEVERAL RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS.
WIDESPREAD FOG...LOCALLY DENSE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS THOUGH DAYBREAK. DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE AT LEAST FOR THE
COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND OVERNIGHT
AND AN ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA DURING TUESDAY AND
THEN EXIT SOUTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT. A ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS IS ANTICIPATED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATE...A FEW OF
THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.
OFFSHORE WINDS AND SEAS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO
APPROACH ADVISORY LEVELS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE ELEVATED INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
BUILD TO OUR NORTH.
THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF ANOTHER GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEM MOVING
SOUTH OF THE REGION DURING THE LATER PORTION OF THE WEEK. AT THIS
TIME MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOT IN AGREEMENT AS TO THE EVENTUAL TRACK
OF THIS SYSTEM AND THEREFORE CONFIDENCE IN ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS
IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.
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