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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 20, 2020Jackson County, Florida; Early County, Seminole County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2020, 10:33 PM CST for Jackson County, Florida; Early County, Seminole County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 21, 2020, 9:54 AM CST. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2020, 10:33 PM CST (04:33 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2020, 9:54 AM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2020, 7:34 PM CST
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL, Early County, GA, Seminole County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Chattahoochee River at George W. Andrews Lock and Dam (USACE) (COLA1).

Action stage: 92 ft
Minor stage: 106 ft
Moderate stage: 112 ft
Major stage: 124 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02343801, 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 20, 5:18 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:18 PM CST, 5 hours 15 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
Feb 21, 10:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Terrell, Webster	24 hr
Feb 21, 1:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	7 days
Feb 21, 1:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dougherty	5 days
Feb 21, 1:47 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.