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Flood Watch 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flood watch at Sep 26, 2014, 9:13 PM EDT for 9 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2014, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2014, 8:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 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 Sep 26, 8:54 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 8:54 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 4:31 AM EDT, 16 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 431 AM EDT FRI SEP 26 2014 FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165- 239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-GMZ830-836-850-853-856-870- 873-876-270845- SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL LEVY- COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND- 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- 431 AM EDT FRI SEP 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. JELSEMA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 26, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 9:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 4 days |
| Sep 26, 9:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 7 days |
| Sep 27, 11:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 5 days |
| Sep 27, 11:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 63 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Manatee | 118 min |
| Sep 27, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 91 min |
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.