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Flood Warning
Issued by the National Weather Service at 8:46 PM EDT on March 18, 2010


The Flood Warning continues for
the Altamaha river at Baxley.
* Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 7:45 PM Thursday the stage was 75.6 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 74.5 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 77.0 feet by
Sunday early afternoon then begin falling.
* Impact... at 74.5 feet... minor flooding of Timber and agricultural
land can be expected.



               Fld observed 7am forecast
location stg stg day time Fri Sat sun Mon

Altamaha
Baxley 74.5 75.6 Thu 08 PM 76.6 76.9 77.0 76.8







845 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2010

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville FL has issued a

* Flood Warning for
the Altamaha river at Charlotte.
* From Saturday morning to Tuesday morning... or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 7:45 PM Thursday the stage was 13.7 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by Saturday morning and continue
to rise to near 15.1 feet by Saturday evening. The river will fall
below flood stage by early Tuesday morning.
* Impact... at 15.0 feet... flooding of mainly low lying areas occurs.



               Fld observed 7am forecast
location stg stg day time Fri Sat sun Mon

Altamaha
Charlotte 15.0 13.7 Thu 08 PM 15.0 15.1 15.1 14.9




Keegan



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