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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 6, 2009Dixie County, Levy County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2009, 11:08 AM EDT for Dixie County, Levy County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 17, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2009, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 23, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dixie County, FL, Levy County, FL

The river

Written for the forecast point Suwannee River at Manatee Springs (in NAVD88) (MTSF1).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02323567, 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 6, 10:54 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 10:54 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:45 AM EDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
345 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-070745-
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-
345 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 /245 AM CDT MON APR 6 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.

...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA...

...LATE SEASON COLD OUTBREAK EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AND THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...EXPECT A VERY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO
BUILD IN ACROSS THE REGION HERALDING AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS.
WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA. WITH GROUNDS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS
...THESE WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASE IN FALLING TREES.

ELSEWHERE...MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN IN FLOOD STAGE. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=TAE

WINDS AND SEAS WILL NOTICEABLY INCREASE THIS MORNING CREATING
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS.

THE DRIER AIRMASS WILL FAVOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY
OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL DOMINATE THE MIDWEEK PERIOD.
MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY WILL
APPROACH 32 DEGREES INLAND. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE AT THAT
TIME. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY A DRY WEEKEND.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO TUESDAY CONTINUING HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. ALSO...THE NOTICEABLY DRIER
AIRMASS WILL FAVOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR THROUGH
MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 8:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 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 6, 3:42 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	15 hr
Apr 6, 4:54 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	25 hr
Apr 6, 4:54 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more	15 hr
Apr 6, 11:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Levy	24 days
Apr 6, 3:03 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	15 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.