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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 25, 2015Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 12:13 PM EST for Dougherty County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 10:23 PM EST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 12:13 PM EST (17:13 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2015, 10:23 PM EST
Expired: Jan 6, 2016, 3:23 PM EST
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Dougherty County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (GA) at Albany (ABNG1). The gauge peaked at 32.06 ft at Jan 2, 2016, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02352500, 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 Dec 25, 11:32 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:32 AM EST, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 25, 10:45 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 25, 10:48 AM EST, 1 hour 25 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
Dec 25, 11:20 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	11 hr
Dec 24, 7:46 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	29 min
Dec 24, 8:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	16 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.