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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Tallahassee FL

1034 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024



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

Warning for the following rivers in Florida...



  Chipola River near Altha (CR 274) affecting Calhoun County.



For the Chipola River...including Altha (CR 274)...Moderate flooding 

is forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.



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 445 AM CDT.



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1034 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER 

NOTICE...



* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Chipola River near Altha (CR 274).



* WHEN...From Monday afternoon until further notice.



* IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, Water will start to affect houses and 

  mobile homes in the flood plain downstream from the gage. A few 

  fish camps downstream of highway 20 will be affected by flood 

  water.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 10:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 14.6 feet.

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

    early Monday afternoon and continue rising to a crest of 25.1

    feet Tuesday evening.

  - Flood stage is 22.0 feet.

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

    25.1 feet on 03/02/1979.

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



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LAT...LON 3061 8514 3031 8512 3020 8514 3020 8522

      3030 8519 3061 8520





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