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Flood Watch 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 2, 20146 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flood watch at May 2, 2014, 3:34 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2014, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 3, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

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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 May 2, 9:15 AM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 9:15 AM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:48 AM EDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 12:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 12:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 2:43 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
243 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 NW SARASOTA           27.40N 82.60W
05/02/2014                   GMZ853             FL   PUBLIC

            MEDIA RELAYED A PUBLIC SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF A FUNNEL
            CLOUD OVER SARASOTA BAY.

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RGARCIA

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:55 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
255 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014

FLZ155-251-255-021915-
INLAND MANATEE-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-
255 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014

...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN MANATEE AND SOUTHERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...

AT 255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD...8 MILES EAST OF
BRADENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 217 AND 220.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2769 8230 2756 8215 2742 8245 2749 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 235DEG 19KT 2747 8245

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 9:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	115 min
May 2, 10:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco	85 min
May 2, 11:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	2 hr
May 2, 11:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	91 min
May 2, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	43 min
May 2, 12:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	91 min
May 2, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		113 min
May 2, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	22 min
May 2, 1:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	14 min
May 2, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	35 min
May 2, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	60 min
May 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	20 min
May 2, 3:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Pasco	43 hr
May 2, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		50 min
May 2, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sarasota	23 min
May 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	30 min
May 2, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		115 min
May 2, 4:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	24 min
May 2, 4:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Sarasota	2 hr
May 2, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee	41 min
May 2, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	60 min

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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.