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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 19, 2014Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2014, 4:10 AM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2014, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2014, 7:24 PM EDT
In force
9 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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 Withlacoochee River near Quitman (US 84) (QUTG1). The gauge peaked at 23.82 ft at Apr 24, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
99 ft
Minor stage
104 ft
Moderate stage
110 ft
Major stage
113 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02318500, 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 Apr 19, 2:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHamilton, Madison, Suwannee15 days
Apr 19, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAELafayette, Suwannee23 days
Apr 19, 10:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Levy30 days
Apr 19, 11:14 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEGulf9 hr
Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAELee5 days
Apr 19, 9:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDecatur5 days
Apr 19, 5:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAETerrell, Webster21 hr
Apr 18, 10:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGeneva4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.