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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 15, 2009Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 15, 2009, 9:44 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 15, 2009, 10:53 PM EDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2009, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 15, 2009, 10:53 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 17, 2009, 9:28 PM EDT
In force
47 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Manatee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 Manatee River near Myakka Head at SR 64 (MKHF1). The gauge peaked at 15.25 ft at Sep 16, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02299950, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.