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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 21, 2010Jeff Davis County, Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Jan 21, 2010, 8:52 PM EST for Jeff Davis County, Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It took effect at Jan 22, 2010, 5:48 PM EST. It was in force for 30 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 21, 2010, 8:52 PM EST (01:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2010, 5:48 PM EST
Expired: Feb 21, 2010, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 30 days
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jeff Davis County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Altamaha River near Charlotteville (CHRG1). The gauge peaked at 19.25 ft at Feb 5, 2010, 4:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02224940, 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 21, 1:20 PM EST, 7 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 1:20 PM EST, 7 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
120 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010

...TORNADO WATCH NE FL EXTREME SE GA IN EFFECT TIL 4 PM...

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUN)...LINE ECHO WAVE PATTERN MOVING THROUGH
NE FL AND EXTREME SE GA ATTM. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN ST. GEORGE.
COULD SEE ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING OFFSHORE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVE WITH ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF.

BY FRIDAY MORNING ONLY THE FAR SOUTH PORTION WILL HAVE LINGERING
RAIN CHANCES...THEN SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. AIR
MASS MOVING IS OF PACIFIC ORIGIN AND TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR CLIMO OR
5 DEG ABOVE NORMAL FOR NE FL. WHAT FOLLOWS IS A PROGRESSIVE WEATHER
PATTERN AS A RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM LATE FRI TO SAT AFTN
THEN MOVES INTO THE ATLANTIC SAT NIGHT. A SFC RIDGE ALONG THE EAST
COAST SATURDAY WILL BRING NELY WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE
REGION KEEPING SE GA AND NE FL COAST IN THE 60S...BUT SW PORTION
WILL REACH LOWER 70S.

NEXT COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. JET DYNAMICS LOOK IMPRESSIVE AGAIN BUT
INSTABILITY MORE LIMITED THAN PREVIOUS SYSTEM. COULD STILL HAVE A
FEW STRONG STORMS AS LOCAL AREA IS WITHIN RIGHT FRONT ENTRANCE RGN
OF UPR JET.

.LONG TERM (MON-THU)...DRY SLOT MOVES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT FOLLOWED BY PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS TUE/WED
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. TEMPS BELOW CLIMO NEXT
WEEK WITH MINS IN THE 30S ACRS THE INTERIOR BUT STILL NO WIDESPREAD
SUB-FREEZING TEMPS EXPECTED.

&&

.AVIATION...SQUALL LINE WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTN.
HAVE PREVAILING MVFR AND TEMPO IFR DUE TO TS AND WIND GUSTS TO 35
KNOTS. AFTER 01Z...MVFR DUE TO CIGS AND REDUCED VSBY FROM SHRA
WITH LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR.

&&

.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OFFSHORE LEGS. LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS PUSHING OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EARLY EVE. ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF OVERNITE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  52  69  42  66 /  20  10  10  10
SSI  56  69  45  61 /  30  10  10  10
JAX  57  74  45  68 /  40  10  10  10
SGJ  62  73  50  67 /  50  20   0  10
GNV  59  75  45  73 /  40  10  10  10
OCF  61  76  45  74 /  60  20  10  10

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALACHUA-
     COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-SUWANNEE.

GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND
     GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

&&

PP/ECZ/AW

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 7:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	59 min
Jan 22, 2:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	42 min
Jan 22, 2:21 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		54 min
Jan 22, 2:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	66 min
Jan 22, 4:43 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		79 min
Jan 22, 12:49 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	JAX		8 hr
Jan 22, 3:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		4 days
Jan 22, 5:25 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAX	Flagler, Nassau	4 hr
Jan 21, 8:54 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JAX	Brantley	35 days

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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.