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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 2009Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2009, 8:43 AM EDT for Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2009, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2009, 11:09 AM EDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA

The river

Written for the forecast point Chattahoochee River at W.F. George Lock and Dam (FOGG1). The gauge peaked at 135.81 ft at Mar 30, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
130 ft
Minor stage
134 ft
Moderate stage
145 ft
Major stage
160 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02343241, 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, 3:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 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, 5:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon6 days
Mar 31, 8:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWalton6 days
Mar 31, 11:55 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Washington36 hr
Mar 31, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton64 min
Mar 31, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton41 min
Mar 31, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington117 min
Mar 31, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson38 min
Mar 31, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington48 min
Mar 31, 5:50 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson25 min
Mar 31, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington41 min
Mar 31, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson, Liberty47 min
Mar 31, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty51 min
Mar 31, 7:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Leon41 min
Mar 31, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison, Taylor41 min
Mar 31, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAELowndes36 hr
Mar 31, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Mitchell39 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin29 min
Mar 31, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell48 min
Mar 31, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Tift, Worth46 min
Mar 31, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth43 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Cook, Tift23 min
Mar 31, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Cook26 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas, Tift46 min
Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes, Thomas48 min
Mar 31, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes44 min
Mar 31, 11:55 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAEDale36 hr
Mar 31, 11:55 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTAEGeneva36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 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.