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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 2008Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2008, 1:23 PM EST for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2008, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2008, 9:40 AM EST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Ochlockonee River near Bloxham (SR 20) (BLXF1). The gauge peaked at 21.85 ft at Feb 26, 2008, 2:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02330000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 24, 9:30 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:30 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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/DUVAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:06 AM ESTRed Flag WarningTAECalhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more11 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.