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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 12, 2024Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2024, 11:01 AM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2024, 6:43 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2024, 11:01 AM EDT (15:01 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2024, 6:43 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2024, 11:54 AM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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 Sopchoppy River near Sopchoppy (FR 343) (SOPF1). The gauge peaked at 28.17 ft at Apr 13, 2024, 3:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
28 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02327100, 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 11, 7:54 PM EDT, 15 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:54 PM EDT, 15 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 2:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTAELeon7 days
Apr 12, 2:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon6 days
Apr 11, 9:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDecatur, Miller, Seminole60 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.