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River Flood Warning 223, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 21, 2019Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2019, 7:50 AM EST for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 21, 2019, 10:52 AM EST. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2019, 7:50 AM EST (12:50 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2019, 10:52 AM EST
Expired: Jan 11, 2020, 7:50 AM EST
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ocmulgee River at Abbeville (ABBG1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02215260, 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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 21, 6:02 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 6:02 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 21, 2:52 PM EST	Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 69 more	48 hr
Dec 21, 2:52 PM EST	High Wind Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 80 more	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.