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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 14, 2009Calhoun County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2009, 9:20 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 18, 2009, 2:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2009, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2009, 2:12 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Moderate

County Calhoun County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 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 Chipola River near Altha (CR 274) (ALTF1). The gauge peaked at 21.56 ft at Apr 18, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02359000, 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, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 8:58 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:20 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor60 min
Apr 13, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Apr 13, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 min
Apr 14, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Apr 14, 5:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Apr 14, 9:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Washington4 days
Apr 14, 11:21 AM CDTCoastal Flood StatementTAEDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla116 min
Apr 14, 1:17 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla6 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.