FLSTAE FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1100 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA... CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA AFFECTING GENEVA COUNTY ...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 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. && ALC061-211600- /O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0075.000000T0000Z-091221T2308Z/ /GNVA1.2.ER.091215T2114Z.091217T1800Z.091221T1708Z.NO/ 1100 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR GENEVA. * UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 27.0 FEET...FARMLANDS AND SOME FARM ROADS WILL FLOOD. && FLD OBSERVED 7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME MON TUE WED THU FRI CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER GENEVA 23 27.2 SUN 10 AM 24.2 19.6 17.4 15.9 14.4 $$