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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 29, 2009Appling County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 29, 2009, 12:52 PM EDT for Appling County, Toombs County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 31, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2009, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 26, 2009, 9:09 PM EDT
In force: 26 days
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Appling County, GA, Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Altamaha River near Baxley (BAXG1).

Action stage: 72.5 ft
Minor stage: 74.5 ft
Moderate stage: 80 ft
Major stage: 84 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02225000, 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 29, 9:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 12:44 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 6:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 9:17 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 10:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 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
Mar 28, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	33 min
Mar 28, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Gilchrist	45 min
Mar 28, 8:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Gilchrist	116 min
Mar 28, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Clay	49 min
Mar 28, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Marion, Putnam, Union	2 hr
Mar 28, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	61 min
Mar 28, 10:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Clay, Duval, Putnam, Saint Johns	114 min
Mar 28, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns	42 min
Mar 28, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	40 min
Mar 28, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		96 min
Mar 28, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	52 min
Mar 28, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Duval, Saint Johns	118 min
Mar 28, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	54 min
Mar 28, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	53 min
Mar 29, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		56 min
Mar 29, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua, Gilchrist	42 min
Mar 29, 1:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		62 min
Mar 29, 1:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Gilchrist	115 min
Mar 29, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bradford, Clay	48 min
Mar 29, 2:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	49 min
Mar 29, 2:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		87 min
Mar 29, 2:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	39 min
Mar 29, 2:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clay, Duval, Saint Johns	33 min
Mar 29, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion, Putnam	57 min
Mar 29, 3:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		113 min
Mar 29, 3:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Marion	23 min
Mar 29, 3:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Putnam and 1 more	44 min
Mar 29, 3:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		2 hr
Mar 29, 3:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Clay, Duval, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns	119 min
Mar 29, 3:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	52 min
Mar 29, 4:04 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	10 hr
Mar 29, 4:04 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Nassau, Suwannee, Union	14 hr
Mar 29, 4:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Flagler, Marion, Putnam	22 min
Mar 29, 4:20 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	15 hr
Mar 29, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	34 min
Mar 29, 4:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		66 min
Mar 29, 5:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		62 min
Mar 29, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		27 min
Mar 29, 6:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		38 min
Mar 29, 7:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	34 min
Mar 29, 1:51 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	29 hr
Mar 28, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Bacon	44 min
Mar 28, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Wayne	3 hr
Mar 28, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Clinch, Ware	40 min
Mar 28, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	34 min
Mar 28, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	23 min

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.