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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 8, 2020Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2020, 9:29 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 10, 2020, 4:43 PM EDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2020, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2020, 4:43 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 13, 2020, 10:52 AM EDT
In force
66 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brooks County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 Withlacoochee River near Quitman (US 84) (QUTG1). The gauge peaked at 21.87 ft at Mar 12, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
99 ft
Minor stage
104 ft
Moderate stage
110 ft
Major stage
113 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02318500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 10:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEWalton, Washington4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2020Every 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.