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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 18, 2013Calhoun County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood advisory at Aug 18, 2013, 9:08 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 18, 2013, 4:59 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2013, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 18, 2013, 4:59 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2013, 5:21 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Calhoun County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 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 Chipola River near Altha (CR 274) (ALTF1). The gauge peaked at 23.07 ft at Aug 19, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02359000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Aug 18, 4:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 4:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun9 days
Aug 17, 11:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Washington9 days
Aug 17, 11:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWalton12 days
Aug 18, 1:45 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Walton17 hr
Aug 18, 5:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more38 hr
Aug 18, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 18, 6:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWalton13 hr
Aug 18, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE27 min
Aug 18, 10:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
Aug 18, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
Aug 18, 11:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWalton3 hr
Aug 18, 11:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin3 hr
Aug 18, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla45 min
Aug 18, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty52 min
Aug 18, 12:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWakulla3 hr
Aug 18, 12:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELiberty3 hr
Aug 18, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington3 hr
Aug 18, 1:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla3 hr
Aug 18, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington3 hr
Aug 18, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton51 min
Aug 18, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington3 hr
Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon11 days
Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon13 days
Aug 18, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor38 min
Aug 18, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson53 min
Aug 18, 3:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDecatur, Miller, Seminole58 hr
Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGrady, Thomas6 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Florida, 2013Every river flood advisory in 2013

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.