HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 518 PM EST MON NOV 30 2009
SOIL CONDITIONS ARE WET ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...ALABAMA AND
MUCH OF GEORGIA HAS KEPT RIVER FLOWS NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS
THE AREA THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
BEGINNING TUESDAY EVENING...A STRONG WET STORM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF
COAST. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AS THIS SYSTEM UNFOLDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAPID LOCAL
RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND RAPID RISES ON MAINSTEM
RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA.
BY WEDNESDAY...THE PEA...YELLOW...CHOCTAWHATCHEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE
AND FLINT RIVERS DRAINAGES AND SMALLER DRAINAGES SUCH AS
MOSSYHEAD...SPRING CREEK AND OTHERS ACROSS THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE
SHARP RAPID RISES REACHING OR EXCEEDING CRITICAL STAGES.
SIGNIFICANT ROUTED FLOWS ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FLINT RIVER
DRAINAGES WILL ALSO OCCUR LATER THIS WEEK PARTICULARLY IF HEAVY
RAIN FALL REACHES THE WETTER CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA BASINS.
RESULTING FLOWS FROM THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FLINT BASINS WILL
LIKELY GENERATE HIGH FLOWS ON THE APALACHICOLA RIVER LATER THIS
WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.
PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD
REMAIN INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY. PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA.
A FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE AREAS
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED.
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION TONIGHT. ANOTHER SOURCE OF CURRENT WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR THE AREA IS ON OUR WEB PAGE AT:
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE/.
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LANIER
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