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Flood Watch Issued for Holmes, Washington Counties

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By Ken McVay - bio | email

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR CARYVILLE (US 90) AFFECTING HOLMES AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES
DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UPSTREAM IN ALABAMA TODAY, RIVER LEVELS ARE FORCAST TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE OF 12.0 FEET THURSDAY EVENING AND CREST NEAR 15.3 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.
FOR GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION...PLEASE GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
YOUR STATE. SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS. THE ADVANCED
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE PROVIDES CURRENT AND FORECAST RIVER
INFORMATION...GAGE LOCATIONS...IMPACTS... AND HISTORICAL CREST INFORMATION FOR
ALL FORECAST POINTS BY CLICKING ON EACH POINT.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER NEAR CARYVILLE (US 90)

* FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 1.2 FEET.

* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.

* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY THURSDAY EVENING.