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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 13, 2018Alachua County, Columbia County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2018, 9:21 AM EST for Alachua County, Columbia County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 16, 2018, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2018, 9:21 AM EST (14:21 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 2, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Alachua County, FL, Columbia County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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 Santa Fe River at O'leno State Park (in NAVD88) (OLPF1).

Action stage: 42 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 52 ft
Major stage: 56 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02321898, 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 Dec 13, 4:12 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 4:12 AM EST, 5 hours 9 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	Flood Watch	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more	48 hr
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

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2018 Every 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.