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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 12, 2011Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Oct 12, 2011, 10:25 AM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 12, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2011, 10:25 AM EDT (14:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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 Peace River at SR 60 Bartow (BARF1). The gauge peaked at 8.13 ft at Oct 14, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
7.6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
9.2 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02294650, 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.