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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 8, 2024Lafayette County, Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 8, 2024, 9:29 PM EDT for Lafayette County, Suwannee County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 12, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2024, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 12, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2024, 9:55 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette County, FL, Suwannee County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Suwannee River at Luraville - SR 51 (in NAVD88) (LURF1). The gauge peaked at 35.18 ft at Aug 14, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 34 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 42 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02320000, 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 Aug 8, 9:13 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 9:13 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
822 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024

GAZ128-090100-
Turner GA-
822 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT TURNER COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...

At 822 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ashburn, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Ashburn, Worth, Sycamore, Coverdale, Hobby, Turner Co Airport,
Dakota, and Inaha.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8347 3170 8349 3162 8349 3162 8350
      3160 8350 3160 8365 3157 8365 3156 8366
      3157 8367 3159 8367 3160 8370 3162 8371
      3162 8379 3178 8376 3179 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 278DEG 11KT 3169 8370

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

42-DVD

Local storm report, Aug 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
900 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 ENE Sand Hill         31.00N 83.59W
08/08/2024                   Brooks             GA   Dept of Highways

            Tree limbs blocked the right lane of SR-122
            Eastbound at Alderman Road.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 9:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Suwannee	11 days
Aug 8, 9:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette	16 days
Aug 9, 2:07 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	17 hr
Aug 9, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	24 min
Aug 9, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	35 min
Aug 8, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	38 min

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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.