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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2008, 11:22 AM EST for Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 11:22 AM EST (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2008, 10:06 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- 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 16:24 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).
- 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 Mar 7, 5:28 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 5:28 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
528 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR PANHANDLE
BEACHES. ALSO BUMPED UP WINDS OVER PANHANDLE AND SE ALABAMA THIS
MORNING.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 71 47 55 28 64 / 100 40 10 0 0
PANAMA CITY 68 47 56 37 63 / 100 30 10 10 0
DOTHAN 69 43 52 30 63 / 100 30 10 10 0
ALBANY 71 44 53 30 62 / 100 50 10 0 0
VALDOSTA 71 47 55 30 63 / 100 70 10 0 0
CROSS CITY 72 53 59 30 66 / 90 70 10 0 0
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT...COOK...
DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...
LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...THOMAS...TIFT...
TURNER...WORTH.
FL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...
CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...
WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 1 PM EST
/12 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...COASTAL
WALTON...FRANKLIN...GULF.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DIXIE...TAYLOR.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 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...
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60
NM...WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60
NM.
&&
CAMPHazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 4:30 AM EST, 6 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 430 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-081000- 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- 430 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /330 AM CST FRI MAR 7 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. ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES OF THE BIG BEND... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...MAINLY FROM THE EASTERN PANHANDLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND AREA RIVERS RUNNING BANK FULL...THE RISK FOR AREAL AND RIVERINE FLOODING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY WILL PILE WATER ALONG THE TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTY COASTS. DEPARTURES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE AROUND MIDDAY TODAY. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...AND TIDES ABOUT 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOW LOW WATER LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE CYCLE. SOME OVER WASH OF FLOOD WALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MOST IMPACTS EXPECTED TO BE MINOR. ALSO...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. STRONG WIND SHEAR AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER AIR. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS SATURDAY...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT. A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING. 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. CAMP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:56 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
856 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM TSTM WND DMG OZARK 31.46N 85.64W
03/07/2008 DALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
&&
WOOLLocal storm report, Mar 7, 9:06 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:24 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
924 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 AM TSTM WND DMG TALLAHASSEE 30.44N 84.28W
03/07/2008 LEON FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
A HOUSE COLLAPSED IN THE KILLEARN LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD.
&&
WOOLLocal storm report, Mar 7, 9:26 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
926 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 AM FUNNEL CLOUD MAYO 30.05N 83.18W
03/07/2008 LAFAYETTE FL EMERGENCY MNGR
A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEART THE HIGH SCHOOL MOVING
EAST.
&&
WOOLLocal storm report, Mar 7, 9:29 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
929 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 AM TORNADO CAPITOLA 30.45N 84.09W
03/07/2008 LEON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** FOUR HOUSES WERE DESTROYED ON WHITE HOUSE
ROAD AND CAPITOLA ROAD. BASED ON THE LATEST REPORTS FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT...IT APPEARS THERE WERE NO FATALITIES IN
CAPITOLA. ONE INJURED PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
&&
WOOLLocal storm report, Mar 7, 10:48 AM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1048 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM TSTM WND DMG APALACHICLA MUNI AIRPOR 29.72N 85.03W
03/07/2008 FRANKLIN FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINE DOWN COUNTYWIDE
0700 AM TSTM WND DMG OZARK 31.46N 85.64W
03/07/2008 DALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0705 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE CRAWFORDVILLE 30.12N 84.31W
03/07/2008 WAKULLA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
AS MANY AS 30 TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE TALLAHASSEE 30.39N 84.22W
03/07/2008 LEON FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN IN THE SOUTHWOOD PLANTATION
COMMUNITY NEAR APALACHEE AND AND IDLEWILD.
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE TALLAHASSEE 30.39N 84.22W
03/07/2008 LEON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
CARS WERE DAMAGED BY FURNITURE THAT WAS TOSSED AROUND
OUTSIDE A STARBUCKS IN SOUTHWOOD. A POWER OUTAGE WAS ALSO
REPORTED.
0715 AM HAIL N TALLAHASSEE 30.44N 84.28W
03/07/2008 E0.25 INCH LEON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA SIZE HAIL ON PARK AVE IN DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE
0725 AM TORNADO CAPITOLA 30.45N 84.09W
03/07/2008 LEON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** FOUR HOUSES WERE DESTROYED ON WHITE HOUSE
ROAD AND CAPITOLA ROAD. BASED ON THE LATEST REPORTS FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT...IT APPEARS THERE WERE NO FATALITIES IN
CAPITOLA. ONE INJURED PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
0725 AM TSTM WND DMG TALLAHASSEE 30.44N 84.28W
03/07/2008 LEON FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
A HOUSE COLLAPSED IN THE KILLEARN LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD.
0725 AM TORNADO CAPITOLA 30.45N 84.09W
03/07/2008 LEON FL PUBLIC
TORNADO SIGHTED AT BUCK LAKE ROAD.
0730 AM TORNADO CHAIRES 30.44N 84.12W
03/07/2008 LEON FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL HOUSES WERE DAMAGED AND TREES AND POWERLINES WERE
DOWNED ON TURKEY ROOST ROAD.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG N CAPITOLA 30.45N 84.09W
03/07/2008 LEON FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED AND A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS BLOWN OFF LINE
ON BAUM ROAD.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG CHAIRES CROSSROADS 30.42N 84.12W
03/07/2008 LEON FL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0745 AM FLOOD TALLAHASSEE 30.44N 84.28W
03/07/2008 LEON FL NWS EMPLOYEE
TWO FEET OF WATER REPORTED ON FRANKLIN BLVD.
0755 AM TSTM WND DMG GREENVILLE 30.47N 83.64W
03/07/2008 MADISON FL TRAINED SPOTTER
A TREE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
0806 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 W MADISON 30.47N 83.43W
03/07/2008 MADISON FL TRAINED SPOTTER
A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ACROSS A ROAD. THERE WAS ALSO A
CAR ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 10 SOUTH OF TOWN.
0830 AM TORNADO KEATON BEACH 29.82N 83.59W
03/07/2008 TAYLOR FL EMERGENCY MNGR
A HOUSE DESTROYED BY A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON MARINE DRIVE
AND BEACH ROAD.THE HOUSE WAS PUSHED OUT INTO THE ROAD.15
OTHER HOMES WERE DAMAGED. THE SALEM NOAA WEATHER RADIO
WAS KNOCKED OFF THE AIR. POWER LINES WERE ALSO DOWNED
WITH ONE POLE TOPPLED.
0910 AM FUNNEL CLOUD MAYO 30.05N 83.18W
03/07/2008 LAFAYETTE FL EMERGENCY MNGR
A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEART THE HIGH SCHOOL MOVING
EAST.
&&
WOOLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:19 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Mar 7, 5:11 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 38 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Mar 7, 5:45 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Mar 7, 6:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 6:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 6:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 6:50 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Mar 7, 7:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 7:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 7:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 7:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 7:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 56 min |
| Mar 7, 8:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 8:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 20 min |
| Mar 7, 8:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 8:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 8:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 8:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 16 min |
| Mar 7, 9:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 7 days |
| Mar 7, 11:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 46 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 33 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:19 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:19 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:33 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 71 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 7 days |
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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.