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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 1, 2009Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood watch at Dec 1, 2009, 2:31 PM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2009, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Dec 3, 2009, 10:53 AM CST
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

County Geneva County, AL

The river

Written for the forecast point Choctawhatchee River at Geneva (SR 52) (GNVA1). The gauge peaked at 20.32 ft at Dec 4, 2009, 10:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02362000, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Dec 1, 9:15 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 9:15 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 4:53 AM CST, 9 hours 38 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 1, 3:17 AM CST	Gale Warning	TAE		34 hr
Dec 1, 3:17 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		60 hr
Dec 1, 3:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more	34 hr
Dec 1, 4:03 AM CST	Coastal Flood Warning	TAE	Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more	47 hr
Dec 1, 4:03 AM CST	High Surf Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	33 hr
Dec 1, 4:03 AM CST	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla, Walton	50 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Holmes, Washington	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:54 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Walton	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Terrell, Webster	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Lee	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Lee	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Dale	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Dale	44 hr
Dec 1, 2:31 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TAE	Coffee	44 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.