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Flood Watch 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 6, 200814 counties in Florida; 20 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flood watch at Mar 6, 2008, 3:09 PM CST for 14 counties in Florida; 20 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2008, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 7, 2008, 1:22 PM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

All 34 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 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 flood watch went out at Mar 6, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 3:48 AM CST, 11 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:07 PM CST, 2 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
Mar 6, 3:04 PM CST	Coastal Flood Watch	TAE	Dixie, Taylor	37 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Georgia, 2008 Flood Watches in Florida, 2008 Every flood watch in 2008

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.