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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 9, 2016Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this areal flood warning at Aug 9, 2016, 10:41 AM EDT for Dixie County, Lafayette County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2016, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 9, 8:41 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 8:41 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 9:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 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
Aug 9, 4:30 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	20 hr
Aug 9, 8:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Taylor	8 days
Aug 9, 12:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie	3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Florida, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.