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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 15, 201316 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 15, 2013, 2:47 PM CDT for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Aug 16, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2013, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 16, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2013, 7:51 PM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

All 47 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 15, 2:33 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:33 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:10 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole	35 min
Aug 14, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	37 min
Aug 14, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur	41 min
Aug 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	43 min
Aug 15, 1:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Worth	2 hr
Aug 15, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt, Cook	34 min
Aug 15, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien, Tift	35 min
Aug 15, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier	33 min
Aug 15, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Clay	87 min
Aug 15, 3:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Terrell	84 min
Aug 15, 5:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker	84 min
Aug 15, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	45 min
Aug 15, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Henry	94 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.