FLSTAE FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 836 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA AFFECTING GENEVA COUNTY. ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA... CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT CARYVILLE AFFECTING HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES ...ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...ALL PERSONS WITH INTEREST ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. && ALC061-070136- /O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0036.100207T0600Z-100208T1200Z/ /GNVA1.1.ER.100207T0600Z.100207T1200Z.100208T0600Z.NO/ 836 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA. * FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 7:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 23.6 FEET BY SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS. && FLD OBSERVED 7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SAT SUN MON TUE WED CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER GENEVA 23 16.8 FRI 07 PM 18.5 23.6 22.4 20.4 18.7 $$