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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 12, 202012 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood watch at Sep 12, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT for 12 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Sep 13, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 13, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 17, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

All 43 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 Sep 12, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 11:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 1:05 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 1:30 PM CDT, 25 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
Sep 11, 9:49 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	66 hr
Sep 12, 2:46 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	20 hr
Sep 12, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	40 min
Sep 12, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	44 min
Sep 12, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	50 min
Sep 12, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	49 min
Sep 12, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Sep 12, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	49 min
Sep 12, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	50 min
Sep 12, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	49 min
Sep 12, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	32 min
Sep 12, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		51 min
Sep 12, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	43 min
Sep 12, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty, Wakulla	48 min
Sep 12, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	47 min
Sep 12, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		38 min
Sep 12, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf	38 min
Sep 12, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 min
Sep 12, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	54 min
Sep 12, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
Sep 12, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	49 min
Sep 12, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	41 min
Sep 12, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	44 min
Sep 12, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	45 min
Sep 12, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Early, Miller	46 min
Sep 12, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Early	46 min
Sep 12, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	53 min
Sep 12, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay	46 min
Sep 12, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Terrell	47 min
Sep 12, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	42 min
Sep 12, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Tift	39 min
Sep 12, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	51 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.