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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Mar 30, 2009, 2:51 PM CDT for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 31, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2009, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- None
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Mar 30, 10:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:20 AM CDT, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 520 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-311000- 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- 520 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 /420 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND...NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR ARE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS WELL AS THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON (AWIPS ID IS ESFTAE). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. STORM SYSTEMS ARE FORECAST TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY....THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AS THESE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH THE TRI-STATE AREA. THIS RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE CURRENT FLOOD PROBLEMS AND THE SITUATION NEEDS TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH EACH OF THE UPCOMING STORM SYSTEMS. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THESE SYSTEMS...THE EXACT TIMING AND COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS UNCLEAR. .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. CAMP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 33 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 10 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2009Flash Flood Watches in Florida, 2009Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, 2009Every flash flood watch 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.