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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 2, 2009Baker County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Charlton County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT for Baker County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Charlton County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 10:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2009, 10:40 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 2:16 PM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Baker County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River near Macclenny (MACF1). The gauge peaked at 14.58 ft at Apr 5, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02231000, 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 2, 9:28 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 9:28 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 8:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 5:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 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
Apr 1, 9:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	116 min
Apr 1, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	22 min
Apr 2, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	44 min
Apr 2, 5:12 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		31 hr
Apr 2, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	4 hr
Apr 2, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	40 min
Apr 2, 3:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Union	4 hr
Apr 2, 7:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	15 hr
Apr 2, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	42 min
Apr 2, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	55 min
Apr 2, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Union	62 min
Apr 1, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	30 min
Apr 2, 3:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch, Echols	48 min
Apr 2, 3:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	2 hr
Apr 2, 10:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Ware	3 hr
Apr 2, 10:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	42 min
Apr 2, 10:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	48 min
Apr 2, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis	46 min
Apr 2, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Pierce, Wayne	92 min
Apr 2, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Bacon	52 min
Apr 2, 1:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 2, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Camden, Glynn	4 hr
Apr 2, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	67 min
Apr 2, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee	52 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.