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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood advisory at Mar 31, 2009, 10:55 AM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2009, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2009, 10:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Geneva County, AL
The river
Written for the forecast point Choctawhatchee River at Geneva (SR 52) (GNVA1). The gauge peaked at 32.74 ft at Mar 30, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 30 ft
- Major stage
- 36 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02362000, 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 advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at Mar 31, 2:32 AM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:32 AM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 553 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-011000- 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- 553 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 /453 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 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... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY... A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES BY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL ONLY SERVE TO EXACERBATE THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES IN THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR REFER TO OUR LOCAL ADVANCED HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PAGE AT HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=TAE .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS IMPACT THE SOUTHEAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND TORNADOES ALL A POSSIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 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, 7:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 7:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 6 days |
| Mar 31, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 7:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Clay | 26 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Lowndes | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas, Tift | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Dale | 36 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.