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Flood Watch 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 18, 2009Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flood watch at May 18, 2009, 3:57 PM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2009, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 18, 3:50 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:50 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 10:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	30 min
May 17, 8:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	JAX	Flagler, Nassau	32 hr
May 17, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Suwannee	28 min
May 17, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns	32 min
May 17, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay	30 min
May 17, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		94 min
May 17, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Suwannee	31 min
May 17, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	30 min
May 17, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	31 min
May 17, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		55 min
May 18, 3:04 AM EDT	Gale Warning	JAX		4 days
May 18, 4:23 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	59 hr
May 18, 7:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		115 min
May 18, 2:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	4 hr
May 18, 3:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Duval, Saint Johns	116 min
May 18, 5:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Duval, Saint Johns	81 min
May 18, 6:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Flagler, Saint Johns	12 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.