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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 30, 2009Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 30, 2009, 11:08 AM EDT for Dougherty County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 2, 2009, 12:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2009, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2009, 12:55 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2009, 6:41 PM EDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Dougherty County, GA

The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (GA) at Albany (ABNG1). The gauge peaked at 31.64 ft at Apr 4, 2009, 7:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
31 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02352500, 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 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:21 AM EDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 5:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 11:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson33 hr
Mar 30, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.