FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 939 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 939 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 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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1039 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.5 FEET BY TOMORROW
EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON MANY ROADS
INCLUDING BYRD PARKER ROAD...WARMOUTH DRIVE...GASKIN PARK...THE END OF LAKE
GROVE ROAD...ELM STREET ON RED BULL ISLAND AND LOWER LANDING ON HOWARDS CREEK.
THE 22.0 FT LEVEL AT BLOUNTSTOWN MAY AT TIMES NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF RIVER
LEVELS IN THE 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    SUN    MON    TUE    WED    THU
APALACHICOLA RIVER
BLOUNTSTOWN   15  18.8 SAT 08 AM   20.3   20.4   19.8   18.7   18.0
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 412 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009

/404 AM CST SAT DEC 5 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. LIGHT
RAIN ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHERN
GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OF I-75 EAST BY LATE MORNING.
IN ITS WAKE...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST
INTO THE AREA. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST.
BY TONIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR CALM WINDS WILL GENERATE IDEAL
RADIATIONAL COOLING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO THE
UPPER 20S WEST...AND AROUND 30 EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. IN
NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS...EXPECT FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM 2 TO
3 HOURS EAST...TO AT LEAST 5 HOURS WEST OF THE RIVER. FOR THIS
REASON A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
VEGETATION ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS
LIKELY FREEZE EVENT.
WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
AND MAINTAIN ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT SLOWLY
APPROACH AND MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
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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FREEZE WATCH
Issue Date: 235 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 700 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009

...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN MOST PORTIONS OF
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AWAY FROM THE COAST...FROM 12 AM CST
TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING...
...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
BIG BEND... AWAY FROM THE COAST...AND FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
FROM 4 AM EST UNTIL 8 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING...
.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED RAIN WILL EXIT EAST
OF THE LOCAL REGION THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND CLOUDS
WILL LARGELY DISSIPATE BY EVENING. THIS WILL PROVIDE IDEAL
RADIATIONAL COOLING ALLOWING PREDAWN TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO
THE UPPER 20S WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER TO AROUND 30 DEGREES
EAST OF THE RIVER. EXPECT FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE COLDEST
LOCALES TO LAST AT LEAST FIVE HOURS WEST...AND THREE HOURS EAST
OF THE RIVER.
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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-
LIBERTY-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-EARLY-MILLER-
BAKER-MITCHELL-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...SWEETWATER...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...
CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...
DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...
BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...DONALSONVILLE...
BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO
335 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009 /235 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009/
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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