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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 17, 20094 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Oct 17, 2009, 9:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 17, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2009, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 17, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

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 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 Apalachicola River near Blountstown (BLOF1).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 23.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02358700, 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 Oct 17, 8:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 8:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 1:04 AM CDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
204 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-180615-
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-
204 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009 /104 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 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...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
BIG BEND COASTAL WATERS. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING
WORKWEEK. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE LATE IN THE
WEEK AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
TELL IF THERE WILL BE ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH
THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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.

FOURNIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 2:18 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	23 hr
Oct 17, 2:18 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	29 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.