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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 26, 2014Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 26, 2014, 9:34 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 27, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2014, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2014, 10:23 PM EDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Flood severity
Minor

County Hillsborough County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 river

Written for the forecast point Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia (LITF1). The gauge peaked at 16.07 ft at Sep 28, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02301500, 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 Sep 26, 8:54 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 8:54 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 4:31 AM EDT, 17 hours 3 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, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:13 PM EDTFlood WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and 3 more24 hr
Sep 26, 9:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWManatee4 days
Sep 27, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWDeSoto5 days
Sep 27, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWDeSoto63 hr
Sep 27, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWManatee118 min
Sep 27, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee37 min
Sep 27, 6:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWPinellas91 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.