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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 12, 2010Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2010, 10:08 AM EST for Wakulla County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 12, 2010, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2010, 10:08 AM EST (15:08 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 14, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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 St. Marks River near Newport on Old Magnolia Rd (in stage datum) (NEPF1).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02326900, 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 Feb 12, 9:59 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 9:59 AM EST, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 5:20 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
520 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-131030-
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-
520 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010 /420 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AS IT PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A COLD RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH
SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND
INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS
ANTICIPATED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TO THE WEST OF
ALBANY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
AROUND MIDDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ENDING
THIS EVENING. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE ADJACENT FLORIDA
PANHANDLE COUNTIES...FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE NORTHERN TIER
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. UP TO 4 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SPOTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOST SECTIONS. EXPECT LESS THAN ONE INCH ACROSS THE REST
OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE PANHANDLE. ACROSS THE BIG BEND...
RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.

WHILE ROADS IN THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME ICY...ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME ICY DURING
PERIODS OF ANY HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING ALLOWING ANY
LEFTOVER WATER ON ROADWAYS TO FREEZE.

STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS MARINE
CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. THEN...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF
RAIN. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD INTO THE
REGION AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS SHOULD
MONITOR TODAY'S WEATHER AND REPORT ANY UNUSUAL WEATHER TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE.

BLOCK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 12, 5:28 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
528 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

FLZ012>019-026-027-GAZ157>161-130000-
BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...LYNN HAVEN...
UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE...
WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...
CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
528 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010 /428 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010/

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS LOW A COLD RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
ACROSS THE AREA. THE RAIN MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SLEET OR A
FEW WET SNOWFLAKES EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE LOW WILL PASS EAST OF THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A COLDER AIRMASS RAPIDLY FILTERING INTO
THE REGION. IT IS DURING THIS TIME FRAME THAT SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY
BRIEFLY BECOME POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS SNOW IN THE EVENING. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP BELOW FREEZING LATER IN THE EVENING...AND CERTAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. PATCHY ICE IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES
IF ANY WATER REMAINS ON THE ROADWAYS.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH AND WEST OF TALLAHASSEE ARE ADVISED
THAT WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INLAND PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA. ROAD
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA MAY DETERIORATE LATER TODAY.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THEIR NOAA WEATHER RADIOS OR
LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
WEATHER EVENT.

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 4:17 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE30 hr
Feb 12, 10:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon49 hr
Feb 12, 3:33 PM ESTRed Flag WarningTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.