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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 14, 2009Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2009, 1:12 PM EST for Dougherty County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 15, 2009, 1:45 PM EST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2009, 1:12 PM EST (18:12 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 15, 2009, 1:45 PM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2009, 9:57 AM EST
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

County Dougherty County, GA

The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (GA) at Albany (ABNG1). The gauge peaked at 26.56 ft at Dec 17, 2009, 3:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02352500, 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 14, 9:38 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 9:38 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 4:54 AM EST, 8 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
454 AM EST MON DEC 14 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-151100-
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-
454 AM EST MON DEC 14 2009 /354 AM CST MON DEC 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES. THESE REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
DELAYS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. ALTHOUGH THE FOG IS ANTICIPATED TO
BECOME MORE PATCHY INLAND THROUGH THE DAY...WIDESPREAD FOG...
LOCALLY DENSE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ANOTHER ROUND OF DENSE FOG IS ANTICIPATED
TONIGHT AS THE COASTAL FOG SPREADS FURTHER INLAND.

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA IN
THE VICINITY OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS RAINFALL WILL
OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ALREADY IN
THE PAST FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF
DOTHAN AND ALBANY. IF THE THREAT OF A BAND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL
OVER THESE AREAS BECOME GREATER...THAN FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA DURING TUESDAY AND
THEN EXIT SOUTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT. A ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS IS ANTICIPATED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATE...A FEW OF
THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

OFFSHORE WINDS AND SEAS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO
APPROACH ADVISORY LEVELS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE ELEVATED INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
BUILD TO OUR NORTH.

THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF ANOTHER GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEM MOVING
SOUTH OF THE REGION DURING THE LATER PORTION OF THE WEEK. AT THIS
TIME MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOT IN AGREEMENT AS TO THE EVENTUAL TRACK
OF THIS SYSTEM AND THEREFORE CONFIDENCE IN ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS
IS LOW.

.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.

MROCZKA/M BARRY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 7:05 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		15 hr
Dec 14, 10:09 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	51 min
Dec 14, 4:28 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		20 hr
Dec 14, 1:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur	10 days
Dec 14, 3:35 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more	28 hr
Dec 14, 5:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	49 min
Dec 14, 5:36 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	6 hr
Dec 14, 6:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.