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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
906 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Florida...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at 315 AM EDT.

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FLC039-073-230715-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0071.000000T0000Z-240524T2100Z/
/HVNF1.1.ER.240522T0552Z.240523T0000Z.240524T0900Z.NO/
906 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024

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

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

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

* WHEN...Until 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 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 26.4 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 8:15 AM EDT Wednesday was 26.4 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 26.7
    feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early
    Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    26.7 feet on 12/20/2018.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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


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