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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 26, 2020Calhoun County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2020, 8:07 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 30, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2020, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2020, 8:27 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Calhoun County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Chipola River near Altha (CR 274) (ALTF1). The gauge peaked at 18.60 ft at Apr 29, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02359000, 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 26, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 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.