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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 9, 2024Dixie County, Gilchrist County, Levy County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 9, 2024, 9:34 PM EDT for Dixie County, Gilchrist County, Levy County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 12, 2024, 10:20 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2024, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 12, 2024, 10:20 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 25, 2024, 3:53 AM EDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dixie County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Levy County, FL

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Suwannee River near Wilcox - US 19 (in NAVD88) (WCXF1). The gauge peaked at 11.40 ft at Aug 16, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02323500, 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 9, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 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
Aug 9, 9:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Levy	16 days
Aug 10, 2:38 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more	16 hr
Aug 10, 11:25 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	17 hr
Aug 10, 11:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Aug 10, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	42 min
Aug 10, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	47 min
Aug 10, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	37 min
Aug 10, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	53 min
Aug 10, 3:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Liberty	98 min
Aug 10, 4:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	81 min
Aug 10, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Wakulla	35 min
Aug 10, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	62 min
Aug 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	28 min
Aug 10, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	37 min
Aug 10, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	25 min
Aug 9, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook	37 min
Aug 9, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Colquitt, Cook	115 min
Aug 10, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	37 min
Aug 10, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook	30 min
Aug 10, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Colquitt	68 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.