Alert archive / Georgia / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2009, 5:44 AM EST for Baker County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 18, 2009, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 66 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2009, 5:44 AM EST (10:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 66 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Baker County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 Flint River (GA) at Newton (SR 37) (NEWG1). The gauge peaked at 24.88 ft at Dec 18, 2009, 8:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 31 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02353000, 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 15, 5:26 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 5:26 AM EST, 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 9:33 PM EST, 8 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 933 PM EST MON DEC 14 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-160245- 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- 933 PM EST MON DEC 14 2009 /833 PM 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...TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS MONDAY EVENING. THE AREA OF RAIN WILL SLOWLY SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST PRESSES FURTHER INTO THE REGION. THIS RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE PAST FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN AND ALBANY. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THOSE AREAS. AS OF LATE MONDAY EVENING...A FEW COUNTY FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE WATCH AS WELL AS SEVERAL RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS. WIDESPREAD FOG...LOCALLY DENSE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THOUGH DAYBREAK. DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE AT LEAST FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND OVERNIGHT AND AN ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .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. T BARRY/MROCZKA/M BARRY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 15, 12:23 AM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Dec 15, 2:14 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:23 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 4 days | |
| Dec 14, 7:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Randolph | 29 min |
| Dec 14, 7:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:47 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Terrell, Webster | 20 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 7:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Clay | 36 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:29 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Geneva | 8 days |
| Dec 14, 8:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 49 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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.