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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 22, 2008Citrus County, Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 22, 2008, 8:18 AM EDT for Citrus County, Levy County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 22, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2008, 8:18 AM EDT (12:18 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 22, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 27, 2008, 10:25 AM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Citrus County, FL, Levy County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 at US 41 Dunnellon (in NAVD88) (DNLF1). The gauge peaked at 29.35 ft at Aug 22, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 28.2 ft
Moderate stage: 29.2 ft
Major stage: 30.2 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02313200, 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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Aug 22, 2:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
550 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048-222200-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-
550 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...TROPICAL IMPACT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT EXCEPT FOR SUMTER COUNTY
WHICH IS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING, MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE WARNED AREA LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR TO WHERE THE CENTER PASSES AND IN
THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS.

...LOCAL MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONSHORE WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
FROM ARIPEKA NORTH. GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME
OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 9 FEET TODAY
INTO TONIGHT.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...FLOOD IMPACT...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...ALONG WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...
IS IN EFFECT ALONG AREA BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL BE TRACKING OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE
EXTREME NORTHERN GULF WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DECREASING
WINDS AND RAINFALL FOR THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.

FLZ049>052-055>057-060>062-065-222200-
PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-
SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
550 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...TROPICAL IMPACT IMPACT...
TROPICAL STORM FAY TRACKING BY NORTH OF THE AREA WILL PROVIDE BREEZY
WINDS ALONG WITH BANDS...CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
ROTATING ACROSS THE AREA.

...MARINE IMPACT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERLY 20 KNOT WINDS WITH GUSTS
TO 30 KNOTS AND SEAS UP TO 7 FEET.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...ALONG WITH A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS...IS IN EFFECT ALONG AREA BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL BE TRACKING OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE
EXTREME NORTHERN GULF WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DECREASING
WINDS AND RAINFALL FOR THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.

RKR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 11:55 PM EDT	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	TBW	Sumter	23 hr
Aug 21, 11:55 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	TBW		23 hr
Aug 22, 5:06 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	51 hr
Aug 22, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Glades	24 min
Aug 22, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	44 min
Aug 22, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	34 min
Aug 22, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee	36 min
Aug 22, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	34 min
Aug 22, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Lee	91 min
Aug 22, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	20 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.