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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2009, 9:13 AM CDT for Holmes County, Washington County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2009, 9:03 AM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2009, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2009, 9:03 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2009, 8:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Holmes County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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 at Caryville (US 90) (CARF1). The gauge peaked at 12.80 ft at Apr 16, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02365500, 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 14, 8:58 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 8:58 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 404 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-150815- 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- 404 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 /304 AM CDT TUE APR 14 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...TONIGHT... ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL ACROSS THE EASTERN MOST ZONES EARLY TODAY... AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS MORNING... SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA..ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND. THEN...CLEARING WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS FILTERS IN. RAINS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE LED MANY SITES INCLUDING THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT AND APALACHICOLA TO FINALLY SPORT A RAINFALL SURPLUS FOR THIS YEAR. (SEE AFDTAE FOR MORE DETAILS). RAINS FROM THE LEAST 12-24 HRS HAVE ALSO EXASPERATED CURRENT FLOODING CONCERNS. (SEE FLOOD PRODUCTS AND AFDTAE HYDROLOGY SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS). DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... AMPLE SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE LATE SATURDAY AND DURING SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND EARLY. OTHERWISE...SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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. BLOCK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:20 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Apr 13, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Apr 14, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Apr 14, 5:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 5 days |
| Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 116 min |
| Apr 14, 1:17 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 6 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Florida, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.