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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
857 PM EDT Wed May 22 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Florida...

  Ochlockonee River near Havana (US 27) affecting Gadsden and Leon
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 945 AM EDT.

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FLC039-073-231345-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0071.000000T0000Z-240524T1700Z/
/HVNF1.1.ER.240522T0552Z.240523T0600Z.240524T1400Z.NO/
857 PM EDT Wed May 22 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Ochlockonee River near Havana (US 27).

* WHEN...Until early Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, The river overflows into wooded
  bottomlands near US-27 and CR-153 in Leon and Gadsden Counties.


* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:15 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 26.8 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 8:15 PM EDT Wednesday was 26.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 26.9
    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
    flood stage late Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    26.9 feet on 02/13/1974.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3056 8436 3047 8438 3043 8447 3047 8448
      3049 8443 3058 8439


$$

JM