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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 20, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2020, 9:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 21, 2020, 5:25 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2020, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2020, 5:25 AM CDT
Expired
May 3, 2020, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Apalachicola River near Blountstown (BLOF1). The gauge peaked at 22.50 ft at Apr 25, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
23.5 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02358700, 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 Apr 20, 8:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 8:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 6:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 20, 7:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton84 min
Apr 19, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington56 min
Apr 19, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson20 min
Apr 20, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson, Washington34 min
Apr 20, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Jackson, Walton, Washington32 min
Apr 20, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington47 min
Apr 20, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson, Leon68 min
Apr 20, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Apr 20, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington55 min
Apr 20, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty43 min
Apr 20, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Apr 20, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Liberty51 min
Apr 20, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Apr 20, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla38 min
Apr 20, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty82 min
Apr 20, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty, Wakulla43 min
Apr 20, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Apr 20, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAESuwannee26 min
Apr 20, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor38 min
Apr 20, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor62 min
Apr 20, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Taylor85 min
Apr 20, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie15 min
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAETerrell, Webster44 hr
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAELee7 days
Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early, Quitman, Randolph95 min
Apr 19, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEClay, Randolph24 min
Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph31 min
Apr 20, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEEarly28 min
Apr 20, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more40 min
Apr 20, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook and 9 more67 min
Apr 20, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more67 min
Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale50 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEDale, Henry27 min
Apr 19, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston45 min

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.