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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 19, 20207 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Apr 19, 2020, 2:49 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 19, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2020, 2:49 AM EDT (06:49 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2020, 4:56 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Lee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Apr 19, 1:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 1:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 3:47 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	51 hr
Apr 19, 10:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		28 hr
Apr 19, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		118 min
Apr 19, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	62 min
Apr 19, 8:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	40 min
Apr 19, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell	42 min
Apr 19, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Worth	42 min
Apr 19, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin	35 min
Apr 19, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Lanier	62 min
Apr 19, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Lanier, Lowndes	33 min
Apr 19, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier	37 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.