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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 1, 2009Decatur County, Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2009, 10:18 AM EDT for Decatur County, Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2009, 10:18 AM EDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2009, 1:09 PM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Decatur County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spring Creek near Iron City (CR 16) (IRCG1). The gauge peaked at 20.33 ft at Apr 3, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02357000, 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 Apr 1, 2:30 AM EDT, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:30 AM EDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 4:54 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
454 AM EDT WED APR 1 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-020900-
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-
454 AM EDT WED APR 1 2009 /354 AM CDT WED APR 1 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 TODAY AND AGAIN
THURSDAY...

THE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A SERIES OF
STORM SYSTEMS IMPACT THE SOUTHEAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
LYING W-E ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER FLORIDA...INCREASING TO 2
TO 3 INCHES AT NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL
ONLY SERVE TO EXACERBATE THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE
REGION.

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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
AS A COLD FRONT AND SQUALL LINE MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY
RAIN IS EXPECTED. THREE DAY STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS MAY
EXCEED 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. IN
ADDITION...SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND TORNADOES ALL A POSSIBILITY. AFTER THE
FRONT EXITS THE LOCAL AREA...COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS ON TAP FOR
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO
THE NORTHEAST GULF ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIER WEATHER WILL
RETURN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY INTO 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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 10:05 AM EDT, 13 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 31, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		111 min
Mar 31, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Madison, Taylor	63 min
Mar 31, 8:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Madison	23 min
Mar 31, 9:25 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Leon	8 days
Mar 31, 9:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	30 days
Mar 31, 9:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Madison	12 days
Mar 31, 9:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Jackson	8 days
Mar 31, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Apr 1, 8:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Apr 1, 9:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		46 min
Apr 1, 10:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	15 hr
Apr 1, 10:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		61 min
Apr 1, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		50 min
Apr 1, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Apr 1, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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.