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Flood Watch 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 2, 20135 counties in Florida; 7 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flood watch at May 2, 2013, 4:08 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida; 7 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2013, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 5, 2013, 3:40 AM EDT
In force
62 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity
None

Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Union County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Pierce County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 1, 9:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 9:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:10 AM EDTRip Current StatementJAXFlagler, Nassau71 hr
May 2, 4:14 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXFlagler, Nassau10 hr
May 2, 9:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Saint Johns43 min
May 2, 9:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Saint Johns57 min
May 2, 12:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Saint Johns118 min
May 2, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Saint Johns2 hr
May 2, 4:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXNassau6 hr
May 2, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Saint Johns4 hr
May 2, 6:53 PM EDTGale WarningJAX55 hr
May 2, 6:53 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJAX65 hr
May 2, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXDuval49 min
May 2, 9:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXCamden, Glynn60 min

Nearby

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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.