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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 5, 2020Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2020, 10:01 AM EST for Gadsden County, Jackson County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 6, 2020, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2020, 10:01 AM EST (15:01 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2020, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 12, 2020, 12:04 PM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Apalachicola River at Woodruff Dam (in NGVD29) (WDRF1).

Action stage: 56 ft
Minor stage: 63 ft
Moderate stage: 69 ft
Major stage: 74 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02357700, 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 Mar 5, 10:01 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 10:01 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 6:07 AM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
607 AM EST THU MAR 5 2020

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

0524 AM     HAIL             SAMSON                  31.12N 86.05W
03/05/2020  E1.75 INCH       GENEVA             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

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DH

Local storm report, Mar 5, 6:50 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:23 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
723 AM EST THU MAR 5 2020

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

0645 AM     HAIL             2 WSW HOOPER STAGE FIEL 31.40N 85.72W
03/05/2020  M1.00 INCH       DALE               AL   PUBLIC

            REPORT RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA ON SOCIAL
            MEDIA.

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WD

Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:50 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
750 AM EST THU MAR 5 2020

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

0545 AM     HAIL             2 WSW HOOPER STAGE FIEL 31.40N 85.72W
03/05/2020  M1.00 INCH       DALE               AL   PUBLIC

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT TIME FROM 2
            WSW HOOPER STAGE FIELD. REPORT RELAYED VIA
            BROADCAST MEDIA ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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WD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 2:47 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		55 hr
Mar 5, 6:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Jackson	4 days
Mar 5, 1:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	50 min
Mar 4, 7:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	38 min
Mar 4, 9:06 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Worth	12 hr
Mar 4, 9:32 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dougherty	6 days
Mar 4, 9:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Worth	12 hr
Mar 4, 9:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	9 days
Mar 4, 9:37 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Decatur	11 days
Mar 5, 12:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	12 hr
Mar 5, 1:19 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Clay	3 days
Mar 5, 1:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks	46 min
Mar 5, 2:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	51 min
Mar 5, 2:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lowndes	21 min
Mar 4, 8:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dale	58 hr
Mar 5, 5:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston	46 min
Mar 5, 5:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Henry	33 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.