This is from the AHPS site for the Suwannee , Withie and Sante Rivers...
Scary stuff !!!
Flood Warning
WGUS42 KTAE 072044
FLWTAE
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
444 PM EDT TUE APR 07 2009
...DANGEROUS FLOOD FORECAST ON THE SUWANNEE...WITHLACOOCHEE AND ALAPAHA RIVERS
INCLUDING THE SANTA FE RIVER...
...THIS COMPARES WITH THE 1973 AND ALL TIME 1948 RECORD FLOODS...
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ALAPAHA RIVER FROM NEAR JENNINGS TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER AFFECTING HAMILTON COUNTY
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER AT PINETTA AFFECTING...MADISON AND HAMILTON COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER AT ELLAVILLE AFFECTING HAMILTON...MADISON AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR DOWLING PARK AFFECTING LAFAYETTE...MADISON AND SUWANNEE
COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER AT BRANFORD AFFECTING LAFAYETTE AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES
SANTA FE RIVER NEAR HOLLINGSWORTH BLUFF...THREE RIVERS ESTATES AND FORT WHITE.
SUWANNEE RIVER REACHES INCLUDING ROCK BLUFF...LURAVILLE AND OLD TOWN
SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR WILCOX AFFECTING DIXIE AND LEVY COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR MANATEE SPRINGS AFFECTING DIXIE AND LEVY COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER AT FOWLERS BLUFF AFFECTING DIXIE AND LEVY COUNTIES
...SEE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE FOR
ALAPHA RIVER AND SANTA FE RIVER REACHES...AND THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN
RUSKIN FOR LEVY COUNTY CREEKS AND STREAMS AFFECTED BY THE LOWER SUWANNEE.
...MASSIVE FLOOD MOVING DOWN RIVER FROM GEORGIA ON THE ALAPAHA AND WITHLACOOCHEE
RIVERS INTO THE SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR ELLAVILLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN GEORGIA
HAS ALREADY GENERATED RECORD FLOODS AT PINETTA FLORIDA ON THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
AND AT STATENVILLE GEORGIA ON THE ALAPAHA RIVER.
...THIS IS A HISTORIC FLOOD. ALL INTERESTS ON THESE RIVERS SHOULD BEGIN
TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. AT THESE LEVELS...THESE RIVERS
MAY UNEXPECTEDLY TAKE ROUTES OVERLAND CUTTING OFF ROADS AND COULD GENERATE LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING WITH LITTLE NOTICE.
...MAJOR INTERSTATE ROUTES SUCH AS I-10...US 90 AND MANY COUNTY AND STATE
ROADS COULD BE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE CLOSURE IN THE COMING WEEK DUE TO
RISING WATERS.
...MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE SUWANNEE VALLEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO DIAL 511
OR VISIT WWW.FL511.COM FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION REGARDING ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS.
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.
Scary stuff !!!
Flood Warning
WGUS42 KTAE 072044
FLWTAE
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
444 PM EDT TUE APR 07 2009
...DANGEROUS FLOOD FORECAST ON THE SUWANNEE...WITHLACOOCHEE AND ALAPAHA RIVERS
INCLUDING THE SANTA FE RIVER...
...THIS COMPARES WITH THE 1973 AND ALL TIME 1948 RECORD FLOODS...
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ALAPAHA RIVER FROM NEAR JENNINGS TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER AFFECTING HAMILTON COUNTY
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER AT PINETTA AFFECTING...MADISON AND HAMILTON COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER AT ELLAVILLE AFFECTING HAMILTON...MADISON AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR DOWLING PARK AFFECTING LAFAYETTE...MADISON AND SUWANNEE
COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER AT BRANFORD AFFECTING LAFAYETTE AND SUWANNEE COUNTIES
SANTA FE RIVER NEAR HOLLINGSWORTH BLUFF...THREE RIVERS ESTATES AND FORT WHITE.
SUWANNEE RIVER REACHES INCLUDING ROCK BLUFF...LURAVILLE AND OLD TOWN
SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR WILCOX AFFECTING DIXIE AND LEVY COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR MANATEE SPRINGS AFFECTING DIXIE AND LEVY COUNTIES
SUWANNEE RIVER AT FOWLERS BLUFF AFFECTING DIXIE AND LEVY COUNTIES
...SEE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE FOR
ALAPHA RIVER AND SANTA FE RIVER REACHES...AND THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN
RUSKIN FOR LEVY COUNTY CREEKS AND STREAMS AFFECTED BY THE LOWER SUWANNEE.
...MASSIVE FLOOD MOVING DOWN RIVER FROM GEORGIA ON THE ALAPAHA AND WITHLACOOCHEE
RIVERS INTO THE SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR ELLAVILLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN GEORGIA
HAS ALREADY GENERATED RECORD FLOODS AT PINETTA FLORIDA ON THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
AND AT STATENVILLE GEORGIA ON THE ALAPAHA RIVER.
...THIS IS A HISTORIC FLOOD. ALL INTERESTS ON THESE RIVERS SHOULD BEGIN
TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. AT THESE LEVELS...THESE RIVERS
MAY UNEXPECTEDLY TAKE ROUTES OVERLAND CUTTING OFF ROADS AND COULD GENERATE LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING WITH LITTLE NOTICE.
...MAJOR INTERSTATE ROUTES SUCH AS I-10...US 90 AND MANY COUNTY AND STATE
ROADS COULD BE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE CLOSURE IN THE COMING WEEK DUE TO
RISING WATERS.
...MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE SUWANNEE VALLEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO DIAL 511
OR VISIT WWW.FL511.COM FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION REGARDING ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS.
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.
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