Alert archive / Florida / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Jul 1, 2009, 10:55 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 2, 2009, 12:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2009, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 2, 2009, 12:37 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2009, 11:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 02:55 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 Manatee River at Rye Bridge (RYEF1). The gauge peaked at 3.80 ft at Jun 30, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12.8 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 023000095, 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 Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:12 AM EDT, 18 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 412 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-012015- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 412 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WHICH COULD MOVE ONSHORE PRODUCING SHORT LIVED TORNADOES. ...FLOOD IMPACT... FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND TAMPA BAY. SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC DELAYS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. AN ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON. ...FLOOD IMPACT... DUE TO SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A RISK OF FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THE BEST CHANCE ON THE FLASHIER RIVERS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA LIKE THE MANATEE AND LITTLE MANATEE RIVERS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON THE ALAFIA AND ANCLOTE RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. OGLESBY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | DeSoto | 111 min |
| Jul 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 53 min |
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.