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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 1, 2009Brantley County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2009, 1:19 PM EDT for Brantley County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 25 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2009, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2009, 12:56 PM EDT
In force
25 days
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Brantley County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Satilla River at Atkinson (ATKG1). The gauge peaked at 22.89 ft at Apr 7, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02228000, 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 Apr 1, 8:44 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 8:44 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 4:50 AM EDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 10:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 8:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXHamilton, Suwannee52 min
Mar 31, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX56 min
Mar 31, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker38 min
Mar 31, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval, Nassau40 min
Mar 31, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX64 min
Mar 31, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam, Saint Johns49 min
Mar 31, 10:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval2 hr
Mar 31, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXNassau118 min
Mar 31, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX59 min
Apr 1, 12:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXClay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns110 min
Apr 1, 7:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, Union5 hr
Apr 1, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee, Union2 hr
Apr 1, 8:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns2 hr
Apr 1, 11:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Nassau115 min
Apr 1, 12:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXClay, Saint Johns97 min
Apr 1, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist37 min
Apr 1, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua48 min
Mar 31, 8:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAppling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Wayne2 hr
Mar 31, 9:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBrantley, Charlton2 hr
Mar 31, 9:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXJeff Davis, Montgomery, Toombs18 days
Mar 31, 10:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCamden119 min
Apr 1, 9:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCharlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware3 hr
Apr 1, 1:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXEchols20 days
Apr 1, 1:19 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXPierce, Ware11 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.