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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Jacksonville, FL

August 4, 2018Baker County, Nassau County, Florida; Charlton County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 4, 2018, 8:51 AM EDT for Baker County, Nassau County, Florida; Charlton County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2018, 8:51 AM EDT (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2018, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
59 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Baker County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Charlton County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River near Macclenny (MACF1).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02231000, 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 Aug 4, 5:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXAppling, Jeff Davis61 min
Aug 4, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee40 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2018River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2018Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.