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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 21, 2009Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2009, 10:18 AM EST for Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2009, 10:18 AM EST (15:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Apalachicola River at Woodruff Dam (in NGVD29) (WDRF1). The gauge peaked at 66.41 ft at Dec 21, 2009, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 56 ft
Minor stage: 63 ft
Moderate stage: 69 ft
Major stage: 74 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02357700, 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 21, 9:16 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 9:16 AM EST, 1 hour 2 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 21, 8:46 AM EST	Freeze Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 3:07 PM EST	Freeze Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	17 hr
Dec 21, 3:07 PM EST	Frost Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty and 12 more	17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.