FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 725 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 725 PM CST WED DEC 16 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
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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825 PM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.9 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 WED THU FRI SAT SUN
APALACHICOLA RIVER
BLOUNTSTOWN 15 20.5 TUE 08 PM 21.2 21.7 20.7 20.0 19.4
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 851 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 900 PM CST WED DEC 16 2009 /851 PM CST TUE DEC 15 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...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE TRI-STATE REGION
OVERNIGHT WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT. SIGNIFICANT
RIVER FLOODING IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE WHERE RAINS WERE EXCESSIVE
ON MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING. ALSO...OFFSHORE WINDS AND
SEAS MAY REACH ADVISORY LEVELS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WAKE OF THE COLD
FRONT.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EXPECTED IMPACTS AND RIVER STAGES.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL KEEP WINDS ELEVATED OVER THE WATERS
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
ADVISORY LEVELS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY AS THE GULF LOW PASSES SOUTH
OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF
RAINFALL TO ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ON FRIDAY. THIS RAINFALL POTENTIAL
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ALREADY IMPACTED
THESE REGIONS THIS WEEK.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW...DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF NEXT WEEK A
MUCH COLDER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SUB FREEZING
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
.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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