Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

FLC037-045-021715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
1014 AM EST SAT MAR 2 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTIES OF GULF AND FRANKLIN
IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. 3/4 OF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE APALACHICOLA BUT
GREATER AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

MOTOREST AND BOATER SHOULD USE EXTREAM CARE IN THESE STORMS.

FLZ004-021730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
1100 AM EST SAT MAR 2 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTIES OF GULF AND FRANKLIN
IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE APALACHICOLA BUT
GREATER AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

RT 98 IN THE WEST PART OF PORT ST JOE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
TRAFFIC IS BEING REROUTED.

MOTORIST AND BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CARE IN THESE STORMS.

FLZ003-005-GAZ011-012-021930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1235 PM EST (1135 AM CST) SAT MAR 2 1991

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH
FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA...

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS CONTINUED TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...AND MOST AREAS ARE
REPORTING MANY SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES NEAR BANKFULL...WITH A NUMBER
OF STREETS AND SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED. ALSO REPORTS FROM JACKSON AND
CALHOUN COUNTIES INDICATE A NUMBER OF COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED
OUT. IN NORTHERN LEON COUNTY THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SOME SMALL LAKES
ARE RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND INTO THE BACKYARDS OF SOME HOMES.

REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF SEVERAL
6 INCH RAIN GAGES THAT OVERFLOWED OVERNIGHT...AND AT LEAST ONE
CONFIRMED REPORT OF OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR MARIANNA.  RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ACROSS GADSDEN...LIBERTY AND LEON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA RANGE
FROM 4.50 TO 5.50 INCHES AS OF MID MORNING.  TO THE EAST ACROSS
JEFFERSON AND MADISON COUNTIES...LATE MORNING REPORTS INDICATE FROM
3.50 TO NEARLY 4 INCHES...WITH RAINFALL CONTINUING MOST AREAS.

AT 1130 AM EST APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE FROM THE APALACHEE BAY NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS MAINLY BETWEEN THE ST. MARKS AND SUWANNEE
RIVERS.  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH SOME LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED OVER AREAS MAINLY EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER.

MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED STREETS OR
BRIDGES.  PARENTS SHOULD KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DITCHES AND
STREAMS...MANY OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY 1NEAR OR OVER BANKFULL.

FLZ004-021830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
1240 PM EST SAT MAR 2 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTIES OF GULF AND FRANKLIN
IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EASTERNPART OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. OVER 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE APALACHICOLA
BUT GREATER AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
WHILE THE SYSTEM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

RT 98 IN THE WEST PART OF PORT ST JOE IS NOW OPEN FOR TRAFFIC.

MOTORIST AND BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CARE IN THESE STORMS.