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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 30, 2013Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Jul 30, 2013, 6:11 AM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2013, 6:11 AM EDT (10:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2013, 11:05 AM EDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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 Myakka River at Myakka River State Park (MKCF1). The gauge peaked at 7.30 ft at Aug 2, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6.5 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
8.5 ft
Major stage
10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02298830, 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 30, 3:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 5:30 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
530 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-302130-
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-
530 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MYAKKA RIVER AND
SOUTHERN END OF THE PEACE RIVER. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON
THE MANATEE RIVER AND CYPRESS CREEK IF HEAVY RAINS FALL IN THE
HEADWATERS OF BOTH STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
AN ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE
BEST CHANCE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
MINOR FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON THE MYAKKA RIVER THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. WITHOUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...THE PEACE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ON THE MANATEE...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PEACE...AND CYPRESS AND HORSE CREEKS THROUGH THE PERIOD IF RAINS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WERE TO FALL IN THE HEADWATERS ON ANY DAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW54 min
Jul 30, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee38 min
Jul 30, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW83 min
Jul 30, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas30 min
Jul 30, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW83 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.