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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 19, 20205 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this flash flood watch at Apr 19, 2020, 6:42 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 19, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2020, 6:42 AM EDT (10:42 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2020, 6:58 AM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 19, 3:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 3:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 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
Apr 19, 4:23 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		40 hr
Apr 19, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		57 min
Apr 19, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		67 min
Apr 19, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		42 min
Apr 19, 8:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Appling, Tattnall, Toombs, Wayne	23 days
Apr 19, 8:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JAX	Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Toombs	22 days
Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	32 min
Apr 19, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling	29 min
Apr 19, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	48 min
Apr 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	45 min
Apr 19, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Pierce, Ware	46 min
Apr 19, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	43 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	45 min
Apr 19, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch	39 min
Apr 19, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	McIntosh	17 min
Apr 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch	34 min
Apr 19, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	40 min
Apr 19, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee, Ware	41 min

Nearby

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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.