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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 2008Jefferson County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 11:10 AM EST for Jefferson County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 6, 2008, 12:20 PM EST
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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 Aucilla River at Lamont (US 27) (LAMF1).

Action stage: 51 ft
Minor stage: 53 ft
Moderate stage: 56 ft
Major stage: 62 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02326500, 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 Mar 3, 10:30 AM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 10:30 AM EST, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 6:00 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
600 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE LATE TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION...

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-041100-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
600 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008 /500 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BE IN STORE FOR THE
REGION TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL
BUILD TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA
LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ON
AREA LAKES TODAY.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST LATER
TONIGHT WITH A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THIS
SQUALL LINE WILL RACE EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
STATES AND APPROACH SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SQUALL LINE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SQUALL
LINE AND ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. AT THIS TIME THIS
PROBABILITY FOR GETTING SEVERE WEATHER WITHIN 25 MILES OF A POINT
IS ABOUT 15 PERCENT.

MARINERS VENTURING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION THIS MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO
THE AFTERNOON AND EXCEED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS MAY
OCCASIONALLY GUST TO GALE FORCE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE MARINE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
AN ONGOING SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT
BETTER INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AROUND MIDDAY TUESDAY. THIS WOULD ALLOW THE
SQUALL LINE TO INTENSIFY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EVEN IF
THIS DOES NOT OCCUR...THE SQUALL LINE WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.

THE COLD FRONT AND SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION AFTER
SUNSET BRINGING IN A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
COOL ON WEDNESDAY AND RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL ON THURSDAY. AN AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON
THURSDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA ON FRIDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE REGION. DRY
WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.

HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING WHEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH ON FRIDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND
SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND THE LATEST
FORECASTS ISSUED ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM. SPOTTERS
SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES ACTIVATED AT THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF A
WATCH OR WARNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED INTO
TUESDAY AS WELL.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 4:22 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more	13 hr
Mar 3, 3:13 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	37 hr

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