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Flood Watch 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 1, 2015Gilchrist County, Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flood watch at Aug 1, 2015, 4:22 AM EDT for Gilchrist County, Suwannee County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 1, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2015, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 1, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 3:14 PM EDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Gilchrist County, FL, Suwannee County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jul 31, 9:42 PM EDT, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 9:42 PM EDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 8:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Gilchrist	3 hr
Aug 1, 3:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	94 min
Aug 1, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Columbia	63 min
Jul 31, 8:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Glynn	118 min
Jul 31, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Echols	65 min
Jul 31, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAX	Glynn	115 min
Aug 1, 5:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Charlton	55 min
Aug 1, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	49 min
Aug 1, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis	54 min
Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Appling, Jeff Davis, Wayne	114 min
Aug 1, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis	59 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.