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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 23, 20205 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2020, 7:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2020, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity
None

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 Aug 23, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 2:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:45 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE33 min
Aug 23, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor45 min
Aug 23, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE92 min
Aug 23, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Wakulla50 min
Aug 23, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 23, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty54 min
Aug 23, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 24, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Aug 24, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin45 min
Aug 24, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 24, 3:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin117 min
Aug 24, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf45 min
Aug 24, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE90 min
Aug 24, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 24, 8:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Aug 24, 10:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Aug 24, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Aug 24, 1:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Walton5 hr
Aug 24, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Aug 24, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Aug 24, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay37 min
Aug 24, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson25 min
Aug 24, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie46 min
Aug 24, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette29 min
Aug 24, 4:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Washington3 hr
Aug 24, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette48 min
Aug 24, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette, Madison51 min
Aug 24, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor23 min
Aug 24, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison32 min
Aug 24, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson35 min
Aug 24, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly, Miller28 min
Aug 24, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks46 min
Aug 24, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier52 min
Aug 24, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECook46 min
Aug 24, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes26 min
Aug 24, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEIrwin51 min

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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.