Recent heavy rains caused the swollen Withlacoochee River to overflow its banks at Blue Springs.
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Recent heavy rains caused the swollen Withlacoochee River to overflow its banks at Blue Springs.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 9:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
930 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2008
.DISCUSSION...ANY REMAINING PATCHY FOG IS QUICKLY DISSIPATING ACROSS
THE CWA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME LINGERING LOW CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE
SE FL BIG BEND. THIS SHOULD BURN OFF AS WELL DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE REGION
BY NOON. TEMPS SHOULD RECOVER INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER OVER MOST AREAS ON
MONDAY. OTHERWISE...THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL BE THE RED
FLAG WARNING...AND SFC DEWPOINTS DO APPEAR TO BE TRENDING DOWNWARD
ENOUGH TO VERIFY IT THIS AFTERNOON. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS
HAVE BECOME VERY LIGHT OUT OF THE E AND NE...BUT A PERSISTENT
SOUTHERLY SWELL IS KEEPING SEAS IN THE 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE THIS MORNING.
WITH CONTINUED LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT SEAS TO
DROP BACK DOWN TO 1 TO 2 FEET.
&&
.AVIATION...THE FEW PATCHES OF GROUND FOG AND HAZE HAVE PERSISTED
OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING WILL
DISSIPATE BY LATE MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD AND ON INTO MONDAY...EXCEPT FOR SMALL PATCHES OF
GROUND FOG AND HAZE THAT ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AGAIN BEFORE SUNRISE
MONDAY...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF NEAR CALM WINDS AND CONTINUED
RATHER MOIST SURFACE CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 10 MPH
GENERALLY WEST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING CALM
AFTER SUNSET.
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTN EXCEPT FOR BAY...GULF...FRANKLIN
AND DIXIE COUNTIES.
GM...NONE.
&&
GOULD/DUVALThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The swollen Withlacoochee River overflowed its banks near Blue Springs. Eight campers requested emergency evacuation along Blue Springs Highway. One portable shelter was washed away.
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