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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 3, 2009Lafayette County, Madison County, Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2009, 11:32 AM EDT for Lafayette County, Madison County, Suwannee County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 9, 2009, 4:24 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2009, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 9, 2009, 4:24 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2009, 9:36 PM EDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Suwannee County, FL

The river

Written for the forecast point Suwannee River at Dowling Park - CR 250 (in NAVD88) (DOUF1).

Action stage: 43 ft
Minor stage: 47 ft
Moderate stage: 52 ft
Major stage: 58 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02319800, 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 3, 10:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:48 AM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
448 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-040900-
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-
448 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 /348 AM CDT FRI APR 3 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...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE SQUALL LINE
RESPONSIBLE FOR LAST NIGHT STORMS AND HEAVY RAINS HAS EXITED THE
SOUTHEAST BIG BEND DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. THE PARENT COLD
FRONT SHOULD EXIT EAST OF I-75 WITHIN A FEW HOURS. THIS WILL
HERALD A MUCH NEEDED RESPITE FROM THE RECENT ACTIVE WEATHER. A
NOTICEABLY DRIER AIR MASS WILL FILTER IN TODAY WITH SKIES BECOMING
SUNNY AND MODERATE TO BREEZY WINDS DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ALONG WITH THE LAST TORNADO WATCH HAVE
EXPIRED.  A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
EDT...FOR THE BEACHES OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN
COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. UNTIL THEN...SOME MINOR BEACH
EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE HIGH SURF AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT ALONG THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND A MODERATE RISK FOR THE BIG BEND BEACHES FOR THIS
MORNING WITH THE RISK LOWERING DURING THE AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS THIS MORNING...SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE AND SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON EDT FOR THE NEAR SHORE...AND
UNTIL THIS EVENING FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE  DRY WEATHER SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO BRING A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
SECOND HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLOODING ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. IN ITS WAKE... THERE
ARE INDICATIONS THAT A RATHER CHILLY AIRMASS FOR APRIL FOR THE
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND 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

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 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
Apr 2, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Madison	25 min
Apr 2, 11:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	113 min
Apr 3, 10:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Hamilton, Madison, Suwannee	18 days
Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	12 hr

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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.