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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 31, 2018Clay County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2018, 8:01 AM EDT for Clay County, Florida. It took effect at May 31, 2018, 10:54 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2018, 8:01 AM EDT (12:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2018, 10:54 AM EDT
Expired: May 31, 2018, 8:37 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Clay County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms (PNYF1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 14.5 ft
Moderate stage: 17.5 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02245500, 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 May 31, 3:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 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
May 31, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Duval	118 min
May 31, 7:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Marion, Putnam	116 min
May 31, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	26 min

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.