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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 26, 2013Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 26, 2013, 10:46 PM EST for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2013, 10:46 PM EST (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2013, 3:17 AM EST
In force
53 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
Moderate

County Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sopchoppy River near Sopchoppy (FR 343) (SOPF1). The gauge peaked at 30.24 ft at Feb 27, 2013, 1:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
28 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02327100, 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 Feb 26, 1:41 PM EST, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 1:41 PM EST, 9 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 5:30 AM EST, 17 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
530 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-271030-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-
EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
530 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013 /430 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BEFORE
THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS.

HIGH SURF WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
STARTING LATER THIS MORNING. DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SURF.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY. A MORE
NOTICEABLE DROP IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVELY REPORT DAMAGE IN THEIR AREA WITH THIS
MORNING'S SEVERE WEATHER.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

GODSEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 26, 6:12 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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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.