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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 16, 2024Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It took effect at May 17, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 26, 2024, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
8 days
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 01:01 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). The gauge peaked at 25.38 ft at May 22, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT.

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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 May 16, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:59 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE9 hr
May 17, 3:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
May 17, 5:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
May 17, 5:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla89 min
May 17, 8:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE35 min
May 17, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie46 min
May 17, 3:15 PM EDTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more25 hr
May 17, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton89 min
May 17, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 min
May 17, 5:25 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEHolmes, Walton35 min
May 17, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes24 min
May 17, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington83 min
May 17, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington36 min
May 17, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington3 hr
May 17, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson33 min
May 17, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington68 min
May 17, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington64 min
May 17, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth71 min
May 17, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 5 more88 min
May 17, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more56 min
May 17, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes96 min
May 17, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECoffee, Geneva2 hr
May 17, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGeneva3 hr

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.