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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2009Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Major

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Choctawhatchee River near Bruce-Ebro (SR 20) (BRUF1). The gauge peaked at 20.52 ft at Apr 2, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02366500, 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 31, 2:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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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, 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
Mar 31, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TAE	Geneva	36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 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.