Alert archive / Florida / River Flood Warnings in 2008

River Flood Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 16, 2008Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Nov 16, 2008, 2:36 PM EST for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2008, 2:36 PM EST (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2008, 11:01 AM EST
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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 Concord (CR 12) (CONF1). The gauge peaked at 30.82 ft at Nov 17, 2008, 11:00 AM EST.

actionminormoderate303511/1611/1711/1811/1911/2011/2111/2211/2311/2411/25
Action stage
33 ft
Minor stage
36 ft
Moderate stage
38 ft
Major stage
44 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02328522, 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 Nov 16, 2:10 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:10 PM EST, 26 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 5:34 AM EST, 9 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
534 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-170900-
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-
534 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 /434 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS BEFORE APPROACHING HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO RELAX THE
GRADIENT. WINDS AND SEAS ARE ANTICIPATED TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE MARINE ZONES
AND BY EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ZONES.

A COLD AIRMASS AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR LOCATIONS AWAY
FROM URBAN CENTERS AND AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST TONIGHT INTO
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO SEE TEMPERATURES
REACH FREEZING LATE TONIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10
CORRIDOR WHERE SANDIER SOILS WILL ENHANCE THE COOLING. THE COLD
TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY FROST DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. PERSONS
WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
FORECAST UPDATES TODAY IN REGARDS TO THIS POTENTIAL FROST EVENT
IN CASE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES BECOME NECESSARY.

A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S TO PRODUCE LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THESE LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND
DELIVER YET ANOTHER COLD POLAR AIRMASS TO THE REGION FOR TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVERHEAD TUESDAY NIGHT IT
WILL CREATE VERY GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. THERE IS NOW
INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT AND
WIDESPREAD FREEZE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AWAY FROM THE
IMMEDIATE COAST AND AWAY FROM URBAN CENTERS. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE
OUTDOOR VEGETATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IN REGARDS TO THIS POTENTIAL FREEZE EVENT.

DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK
RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EACH AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 2:38 PM ESTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more37 hr
Nov 16, 2:52 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more17 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.