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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 8, 2020Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2020, 2:09 AM EST for Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 8, 2020, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2020, 3:30 AM EST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lee County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Muckalee Creek near Leesburg (SR 195) (MCKG1). The gauge peaked at 13.46 ft at Feb 8, 2020, 11:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02351890, 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 8, 12:41 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 12:41 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 10:49 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1049 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW BARRETTS           30.97N 83.24W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CAT
            CREEK ROAD AND RADAR SITE ROAD.

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     REMERTON                30.84N 83.31W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON LINE AT 106 PINE CIRCLE.

0648 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARRETTS                31.00N 83.20W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF NEW BETHEL
            ROAD AND BARRETTS ROAD.

0649 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW BARRETTS          31.03N 83.22W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 122 EAST AND PINELAKE
            CIRCLE.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNE VALDOSTA          30.92N 83.26W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR KNIGHTS ACADEMY ROAD AND
            STUDSTILL ROAD.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE REMERTON          30.84N 83.30W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF SMITH ST AND
            LILLY ST.

0651 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW BARRETTS          31.02N 83.21W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 122 EAST AND CHEYENNE
            WAY.

0651 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE VALDOSTA          30.84N 83.27W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON BROAD ST.

0652 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE CLYATTVILLE        30.68N 83.30W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            JUMPING GULLY ROAD AND TUCKER ROAD.

0652 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE VALDOSTA          30.86N 83.27W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT 2314 FREDERICK PLACE.

0652 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE VALDOSTA          30.84N 83.28W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT 605 N TROUP ST.

0653 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE VALDOSTA          30.84N 83.26W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT 208 CHESTER ST.

0653 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE VALDOSTA          30.82N 83.27W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR SOUTH TROUP ST AND CUMMINGS
            ST.

0653 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VALDOSTA                30.85N 83.27W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT 721 EAST BROOKWOOD PLACE.

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE VALDOSTA REGIONAL  30.81N 83.23W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN AT 2 HIGHWAY 94W.

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE VALDOSTA           30.88N 83.22W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON LINE AT LAKELAND HIGHWAY AND
            TIMBERCREEK TR.

0657 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TWIN LAKES              30.69N 83.21W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN AT 5135 GRANADA STREET.

0657 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N TWIN LAKES          30.72N 83.21W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN NEAR SON CLAYTON ROAD AND J FRANK
            CULPEPPER ROAD.

0702 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW NAYLOR            30.90N 83.11W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT 3 HIGHWAY 187E.

0706 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE NAYLOR            30.90N 83.06W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 135 SOUTH.

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E LAKE PARK           30.69N 83.15W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT BETHEL CHURCH ROAD AND J
            FRANK CULPEPPER ROAD.

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE PARK               30.68N 83.19W
02/06/2020                   LOWNDES            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINE BLOWN DOWN AT 501 RICKS AVE.

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DVD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 8, 11:47 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	12 hr
Feb 8, 3:36 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur	3 days
Feb 8, 3:40 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur, Miller, Seminole	3 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.