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Flood Warning
Issued by the National Weather Service at 10:37 am EDT on March 20, 2010


... Flood Warning extended until Wednesday evening... the Flood Warning continues
for
the Apalachicola River near Blountstown.
* Until Wednesday evening... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:00 am Saturday the stage was 18.1 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 Wednesday
early afternoon.
* 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 sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

Apalachicola River
Blountstown 15 18.1 Sat 09 am 17.2 16.3 15.6 15.1 14.8







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