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Flood Watch 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 20, 2008Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flood watch at Aug 20, 2008, 9:44 PM EDT for Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2008, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity: None

County Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Aug 20, 8:55 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 8:55 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 5:32 AM EDT, 16 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 5:49 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		62 hr
Aug 21, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	DeSoto	35 hr
Aug 21, 6:58 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	TBW	Sumter	5 hr

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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.