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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
830 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025

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

  Withlacoochee River above Valdosta (Skipper Bridge Rd) affecting
  Lowndes and Brooks Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued by late tonight at midnight EDT.

&&

GAC027-185-120400-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FL.W.0004.250312T1800Z-250313T1800Z/
/VDSG1.1.ER.250312T1800Z.250312T1800Z.250313T0600Z.NO/
830 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Withlacoochee River above Valdosta (Skipper Bridge Rd).

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon to early Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 135.0 feet, Minor flooding begins. Langdale Park
  floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:30 AM EDT Tuesday the stage was 133.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 135.0
    feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
    stage early Thursday morning.
  - Flood stage is 135.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    135.0 feet on 03/21/1995.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3100 8319 3079 8335 3084 8346 3103 8330


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