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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 15, 2009Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2009, 2:04 PM EST for Clay County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2009, 2:04 PM EST (19:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2009, 2:05 AM EST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA

The river

Written for the forecast point Chattahoochee River at W.F. George Lock and Dam (FOGG1). The gauge peaked at 134.63 ft at Dec 15, 2009, 9:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 130 ft
Minor stage: 134 ft
Moderate stage: 145 ft
Major stage: 160 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02343241, 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, 9:01 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 9:01 AM EST, 5 hours 3 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 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, 5:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	6 days
Dec 15, 7:59 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more	8 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

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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.