Alert archive / Florida / Flood Watches in 2013
Flood Watch 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flood watch at Jul 1, 2013, 2:49 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2013, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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 nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 1, 10:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:35 AM EDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 535 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-012145- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 535 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ...FLOOD IMPACT... RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BUT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MINOR RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO FORM IF HEAVY RAIN IS CONCENTRATED IN RIVER BASINS AROUND TAMPA BAY. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... LONG DURATIONS OF SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A SIMILAR PATTERN IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH STRONGER STORMS. AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...FLOOD IMPACT... THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR HEAVY RAIN MAINLY TUESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. EACH ADDITIONAL DAY OF HEAVY RAIN INCREASES THE RISK OF RIVER FLOODING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK AND CONTINUE FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHS IN THE MID 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. RKR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
101 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
FLZ055-060>062-011745-
DE SOTO-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-
101 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CHARLOTTE...
SARASOTA...SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE AND WESTERN DESOTO COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VENICE GARDENS TO FORT
OGDEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VENICE TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PORT CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WILL AFFECT
LAUREL...NOKOMIS...VENICE AND FORT OGDEN...UNTIL 145 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 179 AND 210.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR.
&&
LAT...LON 2737 8245 2738 8205 2734 8205 2734 8184
2705 8193 2701 8236 2701 8241 2703 8243
2716 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 212DEG 23KT 2708 8238 2712 8197
MCKAUGHANSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 2:00 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
200 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
FLZ052-011845-
POLK-
200 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN POLK COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED NEAR LAKE WALES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR NEAR LAKE WALES...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WILL AFFECT WAHNETA...LAKE WALES...LAKE
WALES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND CYPRESS GARDENS...UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2802 8138 2805 8145 2800 8141 2801 8139
2797 8136 2778 8159 2794 8176 2827 8156
2820 8152 2815 8152 2815 8146 2809 8144
2809 8135 2807 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 214DEG 20KT 2792 8163The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 113 min |
| Jun 30, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 8:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 92 min |
| Jun 30, 9:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 21 min | |
| Jun 30, 11:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 28 min | |
| Jul 1, 12:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 1:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 84 min |
| Jul 1, 2:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 88 min |
| Jul 1, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 40 min | |
| Jul 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 47 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 113 min |
| Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Sarasota | 111 min |
| Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 2 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.