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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 200812 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 12, 2008, 2:10 PM CDT for 12 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Aug 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2008, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2008, 6:28 AM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

All 43 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, 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 this flash flood watch went out at Aug 12, 2:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:07 AM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 2:07 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		49 hr
Aug 12, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.