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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 21, 2020Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2020, 2:45 PM EST for Dougherty County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 23, 2020, 5:51 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2020, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2020, 5:51 AM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2020, 1:51 PM EST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Dougherty County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 Flint River (GA) at Albany (ABNG1). The gauge peaked at 27.65 ft at Feb 25, 2020, 2:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02352500, 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, 6:18 PM EST, 20 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:18 PM EST, 20 hours 27 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 20, 11:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Jackson	69 hr
Feb 21, 11:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Terrell, Webster	24 hr
Feb 21, 2:44 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lee	7 days
Feb 21, 2:47 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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.