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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service at 9:32 am EDT on March 18, 2010

... Flood Warning extended until late Monday night... the Flood Warning continues
for
the Apalachicola River near Blountstown.
* Until late Monday night... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:00 am Thursday the stage was 19.8 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by Monday
evening.
* 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 Fri Sat sun Mon Tue

Apalachicola River
Blountstown 15 19.8 Thu 09 am 18.1 16.8 16.7 16.2 14.4

Issued by the National Weather Service at 7:49 PM CDT on March 18, 2010/

... Fire Weather Watch in effect from Saturday afternoon through
Saturday evening...

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a Fire
Weather Watch... which is in effect from Saturday afternoon
through Saturday evening.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag
warnings.

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