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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2008, 9:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2008, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2008, 8:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 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 Apalachicola River near Blountstown (BLOF1).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 23.5 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02358700, 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 Aug 30, 2:10 AM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:10 AM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 4:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 542 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-311000- 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- 542 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 /442 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THESE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN TONIGHT BETWEEN HURRICANE GUSTAV TO OUR SOUTH AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH. THIS GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN CAUTIONARY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS DEVELOPING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MARINE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE MAIN ISSUE DURING THE END OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WILL BE HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVING INTO AND ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND THEN APPROACH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO COAST LATER MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT. GUSTAV IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE CENTRAL GULF IS INCREASING. MARINE HAZARDS...BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST...MARINERS CAN EXPECTED ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS TO BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING WITH WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUING TO INCREASE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY THAT PORTIONS OF THE MARINE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS DURING SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN LEGS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT STRENGTH OF GUSTAV...SIGNIFICANT SWELL IS ALSO BECOMING MORE LIKELY WITH SEAS GREATER THAN 10 FEET POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. INLAND HAZARDS...BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TO OUR WEST...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV TO REACH PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND POSSIBLY THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND. WITH OUR AREA LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF THE HURRICANE...THESE RAIN BANDS WOULD BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WHICH ARE COMMON WITH MOST LAND FALLING HURRICANES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH PLANS TO VISIT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD EXPECT AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WAVE ACTION AS SIGNIFICANT SWELL FROM GUSTAV BEGINS TO IMPACT AREA BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:33 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Aug 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 11 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | 11 hr | |
| Aug 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2008Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.