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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 9, 2017Alachua County, Columbia County, Gilchrist County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2017, 9:39 PM EDT for Alachua County, Columbia County, Gilchrist County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 12, 2017, 12:24 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2017, 9:39 PM EDT (01:39 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 12, 2017, 12:24 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2017, 6:05 AM EDT
In force
30 days
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

Counties Alachua County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Santa Fe River near Fort White (in NAVD88) (FWHF1). The gauge peaked at 14.40 ft at Sep 15, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02322500, 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 9, 2:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 2:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 9, 4:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 9:25 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXClay5 days
Sep 9, 9:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXBaker, Nassau16 days
Sep 9, 9:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXClay5 days
Sep 10, 5:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX65 min
Sep 10, 6:18 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Saint Johns6 hr
Sep 10, 8:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Putnam3 hr
Sep 10, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union3 hr
Sep 10, 9:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee3 days
Sep 10, 9:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXHamilton, Suwannee5 days
Sep 10, 10:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Flagler, Marion, Putnam3 hr
Sep 10, 11:57 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX25 min
Sep 10, 12:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 12:19 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXFlagler, Saint Johns22 min
Sep 10, 1:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXNassau3 hr
Sep 10, 1:28 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXFlagler32 min
Sep 10, 3:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXFlagler, Putnam3 hr
Sep 10, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXNassau3 hr
Sep 10, 4:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Duval, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns24 min
Sep 10, 4:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXClay, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns3 hr
Sep 10, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXDuval, Nassau3 hr
Sep 10, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXFlagler, Putnam3 hr
Sep 10, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXFlagler24 min
Sep 10, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns33 min
Sep 10, 7:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXNassau3 hr
Sep 9, 9:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJAXEchols36 hr
Sep 10, 5:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXCamden3 hr
Sep 10, 5:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJAXCamden, Glynn3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.