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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 18, 2013Appling County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 18, 2013, 12:12 PM EDT for Appling County, Toombs County, Georgia. It took effect at Aug 19, 2013, 12:24 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2013, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2013, 12:24 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2013, 10:13 AM EDT
In force
13 days
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Appling County, GA, Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Altamaha River near Baxley (BAXG1). The gauge peaked at 16.13 ft at Aug 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
72.5 ft
Minor stage
74.5 ft
Moderate stage
80 ft
Major stage
84 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02225000, 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 Aug 18, 9:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 9:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 10:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXSuwannee2 hr
Aug 18, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist28 min
Aug 18, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion36 min
Aug 18, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia51 min
Aug 17, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Ware43 min
Aug 17, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCharlton45 min
Aug 17, 8:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAppling, Jeff Davis92 min
Aug 17, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXBacon89 min
Aug 17, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne58 min
Aug 17, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBrantley51 min
Aug 17, 9:17 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXBrantley43 min
Aug 17, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley43 min
Aug 17, 9:40 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXBrantley95 min
Aug 17, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne35 min
Aug 17, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn, Wayne59 min
Aug 17, 10:12 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAppling, Wayne2 hr
Aug 18, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXBrantley19 days
Aug 18, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch, Echols40 min
Aug 18, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis35 min
Aug 18, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBacon46 min
Aug 18, 6:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAppling, Bacon, Jeff Davis114 min

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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.