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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 13, 2009Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2009, 4:56 AM EST for Lee County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 14, 2009, 8:30 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2009, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2009, 8:30 AM EST
Expired: Dec 13, 2009, 6:13 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Moderate

County Lee County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Kinchafoonee Creek at 11 E of Dawson at Pinewood Rd in Lee County (DSNG1). The gauge peaked at 15.77 ft at Dec 14, 2009, 6:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02350900, 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 13, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:15 AM EST, 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
415 AM EST SUN DEC 13 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-141100-
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-
415 AM EST SUN DEC 13 2009 /315 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND
ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

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

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY AS
A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO
ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED. AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD
FRONT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. AFTER THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY NIGHT...MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL
PREVAIL FOR REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

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.

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 8:17 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	5 hr
Dec 13, 2:31 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	19 hr
Dec 13, 9:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	10 days
Dec 13, 8:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee	12 hr
Dec 13, 8:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dale	6 days

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.