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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 4, 2010Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2010, 11:31 AM EDT for Lee County, Georgia. It took effect at May 5, 2010, 2:45 AM EDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2010, 11:31 AM EDT (15:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2010, 2:45 AM EDT
Expired
May 7, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
53 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Lee County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 Kinchafoonee Creek at 11 E of Dawson at Pinewood Rd in Lee County (DSNG1). The gauge peaked at 13.74 ft at May 5, 2010, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02350900, 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 May 3, 3:06 PM EDT, 20 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:06 PM EDT, 20 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEWalton4 hr
May 4, 1:39 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington4 hr
May 4, 6:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington2 hr
May 4, 7:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson6 hr
May 4, 8:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Washington4 hr
May 4, 10:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon3 days
May 4, 10:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon6 days
May 4, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty2 hr
May 4, 10:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon, Wakulla2 hr
May 4, 11:34 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty9 days
May 4, 11:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun24 hr
May 4, 11:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWalton7 days
May 4, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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.