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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 30, 2009Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 30, 2009, 11:06 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2009, 11:06 AM EDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Apalachicola River at Woodruff Dam (in NGVD29) (WDRF1). The gauge peaked at 69.09 ft at Apr 1, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
56 ft
Minor stage
63 ft
Moderate stage
69 ft
Major stage
74 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02357700, 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 30, 3:21 AM EDT, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:21 AM EDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more4 days
Mar 30, 11:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDougherty10 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2009Every 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.