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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
305 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

...The National Weather Service in Tallahassee FL has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Florida...

  Apalachicola River near Blountstown affecting Franklin, Gulf,
  Liberty and Calhoun Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 this evening at 1130 PM EDT /1030
PM CDT/.

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FLC013-037-045-077-080330-
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/BLOF1.1.ER.250408T1520Z.250409T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
305 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 /205 PM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025/

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Apalachicola River near Blountstown.

* WHEN...From Tuesday morning until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Forest Road 115 in Liberty County at River
  Styx Campground will flood, isolating access to the site.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:15 PM EDT Monday /1:15 PM CDT Monday/ the stage was 10.6
    feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late Tuesday morning and continue rising to a crest of 18.4
    feet Tuesday evening.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    18.2 feet on 07/28/2013.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Godsey