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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 1, 2009Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 1, 2009, 8:25 PM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 3, 2009, 12:51 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2009, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2009, 12:51 AM CST
Expired: Dec 3, 2009, 5:18 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

County Dale County, AL

The river

Written for the forecast point Choctawhatchee River near Newton (SR 134) (NEWA1). The gauge peaked at 17.50 ft at Dec 2, 2009, 9:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02361000, 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 Dec 1, 6:50 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 6:50 PM CST, 1 hour 35 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
Dec 1, 8:25 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	8 days
Dec 1, 9:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Dec 1, 10:26 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Dec 1, 10:48 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		87 min
Dec 2, 12:14 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Dec 2, 1:43 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Dec 2, 1:47 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		88 min
Dec 2, 2:34 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
Dec 2, 3:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		85 min
Dec 2, 4:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	9 days
Dec 2, 4:13 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		62 min
Dec 2, 5:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		80 min
Dec 2, 5:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	49 min
Dec 2, 5:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	45 min
Dec 2, 6:40 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		80 min
Dec 2, 7:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	31 min
Dec 2, 7:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 min
Dec 2, 7:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Jackson	34 min
Dec 2, 8:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	45 min
Dec 2, 8:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	23 min
Dec 2, 9:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	26 min
Dec 2, 9:12 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	3 hr
Dec 2, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	48 hr
Dec 2, 9:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Wakulla	48 hr
Dec 2, 10:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	89 min
Dec 2, 7:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Early, Miller	24 min
Dec 2, 12:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Irwin	27 min
Dec 1, 8:25 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Geneva	14 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.