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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 15, 2025Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 AM EDT for Brooks County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 15, 2025, 8:52 PM EDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2025, 8:52 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2025, 9:38 PM EDT
In force
49 hr
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 11:04 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 above Valdosta (Skipper Bridge Rd) (VDSG1). The gauge peaked at 14.52 ft at Mar 15, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
131 ft
Minor stage
135 ft
Moderate stage
142 ft
Major stage
145 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 023177483, 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 Mar 15, 6:44 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:44 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 3:03 AM EDTGale WarningTAE31 hr
Mar 15, 6:09 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Gulf, Walton48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

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.