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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 10, 2023Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2023, 8:40 PM EST for Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 12, 2023, 12:15 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2023, 8:40 PM EST (01:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2023, 12:15 PM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2023, 9:51 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ochlockonee River near Thomasville (US 84) (TMLG1). The gauge peaked at 14.29 ft at Feb 13, 2023, 10:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02327500, 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 Feb 10, 7:14 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 7:14 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 2:40 PM EST, 6 hours before

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 6:10 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:29 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:30 PM EST, 10 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
Feb 10, 8:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Feb 10, 8:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	45 min
Feb 10, 9:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gilchrist	42 min
Feb 10, 10:18 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		87 min
Feb 10, 11:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	29 min
Feb 10, 11:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	35 min
Feb 10, 11:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 min
Feb 11, 12:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	112 min
Feb 11, 1:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	55 min
Feb 11, 1:13 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		20 min
Feb 11, 4:46 AM EST	Gale Warning	TAE		34 hr
Feb 11, 4:58 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf	40 hr
Feb 11, 8:22 AM EST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	31 hr
Feb 11, 10:38 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Feb 11, 12:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon	2 hr
Feb 11, 1:24 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Madison, Taylor	2 hr
Feb 11, 2:06 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		84 min
Feb 10, 8:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Brooks, Lowndes	7 days
Feb 11, 1:07 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Brooks, Grady, Lowndes, Thomas	113 min
Feb 11, 1:46 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier	119 min
Feb 11, 2:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes	5 hr

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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.