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Flood Watch 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 13, 20188 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flood watch at Dec 13, 2018, 2:45 AM EST for 8 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 14, 2018, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2018, 2:45 AM EST (07:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 15, 2018, 2:50 AM EST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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 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 Dec 12, 10:11 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 10:11 PM EST, 4 hours 34 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
Dec 12, 9:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	27 days
Dec 12, 9:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	22 days
Dec 13, 2:45 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		48 hr
Dec 13, 9:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	JAX	Baker, Nassau	10 days
Dec 13, 9:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	JAX	Alachua, Columbia	20 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Georgia, 2018 Flood Watches in Florida, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.