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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 26, 2020Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2020, 9:17 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 27, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2020, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 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 01:18 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).

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.

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, 6:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 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
Apr 26, 9:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun	36 hr

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.