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February 21-22nd, 2008

Bay County Florida

Rain...Rain....Rain.....Rain

Picture was taken in front of the Mall, HWY 77 Northbound at or around 5:30pm. That was what looked like a brand new white PT Cruiser, that appeared to have hydroplaned heading north on HWY 77. 

Picture was taken near the City Hall, HWY 77 in Lynn Haven, Florida, heading south. 

Picture was taken in front of the the Sonic, HWY 77 in Lynn Haven, Florida. Heading south 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NOUS42 KTAE 240256
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
955 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2008

...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA FROM
HEAVY RAINS ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21 THROUGH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22...

ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21ST...A WARM FRONT STALLED ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. AS THIS WARM FRONT STALLED ACROSS THE REGION...NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND MOVED
SLOWLY EASTWARD. THESE STORMS MOVED OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 21ST. SOME OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN RECENT MEMORY OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN BAY
COUNTY FLORIDA THAT NIGHT. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO SPREAD
EASTWARD INTO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT HAD ECLIPSED A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD AT THE
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT THAT HAD STOOD FOR 114 YEARS.

WITH THIS FRONT BECOMING STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...STORMS
CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER OR "TRAIN" OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR HOURS.
THIS IS KNOWN AS ECHO TRAINING. ESSENTIALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS
FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE NET RESULT IS SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS AND LIKELY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF IN AN
URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GREATER
PANAMA CITY AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. IN URBAN AREAS...HEAVY RAINFALL
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME CAN CREATE MINOR FLOODING. WHEN HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUES FOR THREE OR MORE HOURS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
CAN OCCUR.

WHAT MADE THIS EVENT EXCEPTIONAL WAS THE TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN
HEAVY RAIN AND NO RAIN THAT WAS OBSERVED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED
ALONG A LINE FROM PANAMA CITY TO MADISON. ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF
THIS LINE TOWARD THE GULF COAST...ESPECIALLY NEAR
APALACHICOLA...ALMOST NO RAIN WAS OBSERVED THURSDAY NIGHT.

THIS EVENT WAS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER
SIMILAR LOCATIONS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS 48 HOUR
PERIOD OF RAINFALL PRODUCED STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 14 INCHES
IN SOME PLACES. THIS RAINFALL EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED THE RAINFALL
DEFICIT FOR MANY LOCATIONS THAT HAD BEEN ACCUMULATING SINCE JANUARY
1 2008. THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THIS RAIN ON THE ONGOING DROUGHT HAS
YET TO BE DETERMINED...BUT THIS RAIN HAS LIKELY MADE A MAJOR DENT IN
THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE REGION SINCE SPRING
2007.

RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS AND COOPERATIVE STATIONS
THESE ARE 24 HOUR OBSERVATIONS STARTING AT 7 AM EST THURSDAY ENDING
AT 7 AM SATURDAY.
                                                  THURSDAY         FRIDAY    STORM TOTAL
ALBANY GA (KABY)                                 1.40             1.56        2.96
APALACHICOLA FL (KAAF)                       0.01             0.55        0.56
APALACHICOLA FL (APLF1)                      0.03             0.63        0.66
BLAKELY GA (BLKG1)                               1.80             3.09        5.89
CHIPLEY FL (CHPF1)                               2.94             3.40        6.34
CRISP COUNTY GA (WWCG1)                  0.90             1.77        2.67
CROSS CITY FL (KCTY)                           0.44             0.60        1.04
CROSS CITY FL (CRSF1)                         0.46             0.65        1.11
CUTHBERT GA (CBTG1)                           0.57             1.90        2.47
DE FUNIAK SPRINGS FL (DEFF1)               2.80             3.80        6.60
DONALSONVILLE GA (DNVG1)                    2.93             2.78        5.71
DOTHAN AL (KDHN)                                 1.30             1.86        3.16
DOWLING PARK FL (DOWF1)                      3.65             0.55        4.20
ENTERPRISE AL (ENTA1)                           2.93             2.78        5.71
FORT GAINES GA (FTGG1)                         0.80             2.27        3.07
GENEVA AL (GVAA1)                                 2.20             3.04        5.24
MARIANNA (KMAI)                                   3.15             3.18        6.33
MONTICELLO FL (MTCF1)                         4.47             0.57        5.04
NEW HOPE (NEHF1)                                  2.42             3.10        5.52
PERRY (K40J)                                         1.57             0.68        2.25
PANAMA CITY (PNAF1)                             7.20             1.86        9.06
TALLAHASSEE (KTLH)                               6.20             0.85        7.05
TALLAHASSEE (TASF1)                              5.83             0.96        6.79
VALDOSTA (KVLD)                                   2.94             2.17        5.11

SPOTTER OBSERVATIONS
THESE ARE 24 HOUR OBSERVATIONS STARTING AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT SATURDAY.
                                                    THURSDAY         FRIDAY    STORM TOTAL
BAY COUNTY...
PANAMA CITY-FOREST PARK                    7.53             1.40        8.93
PANAMA CITY-SAINT ANDREWS                7.77             0.74        8.51
LYNN HAVEN                                          7.30             1.21        8.51
SOUTH CALLAWAY                                  7.01             0.57        7.58
NORTH LAGOON                                                  8.07               1.18            9.25
CALLAWAY SHORES                                6.86             0.54        7.40
CALLAWAY                                           10.94             0.83       11.77
CHEROKEE HEIGHTS                               7.03             1.11        8.14
SOUTHPORT                                         4.33             2.09        6.42
PANAMA CITY                                        5.97             1.21        7.18
WALTON COUNTY...
FREEPORT                                            2.28             0.70        2.98
MIRAMAR BEACH                                   3.97             2.00        5.97
GULF COUNTY...
WHITE CITY                                          0.59             0.54        1.13
WEWAHITCHKA                                      5.68             0.81        6.49
LEON COUNTY...
TALL TIMBERS                                        3.72             4.61        8.33
LAKE JACKSON                                        3.70             3.17        6.87
GADSDEN COUNTY
HAVANA                                                     5.70
SUWANNEE COUNTY
LIVE OAK                                                   7.10
LOWNDES COUNTY
DASHER                                                     6.00

THE FOLLOWING LIST IS A SUMMARY OF FLOODING IMPACTS EXPERIENCED IN
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...PARTICULARLY IN BAY COUNTY WHERE THE WORST
URBAN FLOODING WAS EXPERIENCED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY LIST THAT IS
NOT MEANT TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE OF THE IMPACTS. THIS LIST WILL BE
UPDATED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO INCLUDE A COMPLETE PICTURE
OF THE FLOODING.

BAY COUNTY...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT URBANIZED FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE PANAMA CITY
METRO AREA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LYNN HAVEN...SPRINGFIELD...
PARKER AND CALLAWAY. ACCORDING TO MEDIA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTS...OVER 40 ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS WERE CLOSED THURSDAY NIGHT
DURING THE PEAK OF THE FLOODING. SOME OF THE ROADS WITHIN THE COUNTY
HAD SECTIONS WASHED OUT. NUMEROUS CARS STALLED IN THE FLOODED ROADS
WITH SOME OCCUPANTS NEEDING RESCUE. IN PANAMA CITY...AROUND 20
PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR APARTMENTS ON CHERI LANE WHERE SOME
STRUCTURES HAD 3 FEET OF WATER INSIDE THEM. THE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER ON MULBERRY AVENUE FOR BAY COUNTY HAD 3 TO 6
INCHES OF WATER INSIDE. THE CENTER WAS RELOCATED TEMPORARILY DUE
TO THIS FLOODING. IN SPRINGFIELD...30 TO 40 HOMES IN THE ROBINDALE
SUBDIVISION TOOK ON WATER.

THE BAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CANCELLED CLASSES ON FRIDAY DUE TO
FLOODED ROADS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WASHINGTON COUNTY...
NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY FLOODED ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PORTIONS OF 5TH AND 7TH
AVENUES IN CHIPLEY FLOODED AND WERE CLOSED.

JACKSON COUNTY...
AT LEAST 8 ROADS WERE LISTED AS IMPASSIBLE WITHIN THE COUNTY ON
FRIDAY WITH SOME DIRT ROADS WASHING OUT. A FEW HOMES HAD WATER
APPROACH THEIR STRUCTURES.

ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...
AS OF SATURDAY EVENING...NUMEROUS RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS REMAIN IN EFFECT. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT DRIVE INTO
ANY FLOODED ROADS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO
PASS SAFELY. REMEMBER...IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER
TO DISABLE A CAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY THIS COMING WEEK. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...IF
HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS...ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING COULD OCCUR
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA.

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GODSEY

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