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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Tallahassee FL

1101 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024



...The National Weather Service in Tallahassee FL has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Florida...



  Sopchoppy River near Sopchoppy (FR 343) affecting Wakulla County.



For the Sopchoppy River...including Sopchoppy (FR 343)...Minor 

flooding is forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.



The next statement will be issued late tonight at 1215 AM EDT.



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FLC129-130415-

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/SOPF1.1.ER.240412T2243Z.240413T0600Z.240413T2151Z.NO/

1101 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Sopchoppy River near Sopchoppy (FR 343).



* WHEN...From this evening to early Sunday morning.



* IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, The Painted Bridge begins to flood at this 

  level. Homes on stilts in low lying areas in the city of Sopchoppy 

  will experience flooding on the ground level.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 10:30 AM EDT Friday the stage was 25.1 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    this evening to a crest of 29.6 feet just after midnight

    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow

    afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 28.0 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    29.6 feet on 08/25/2008.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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      3017 8453 3025 8460





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JCW