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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 21, 2015Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 21, 2015, 10:43 AM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 22, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 21, 2015, 10:43 AM EDT (14:43 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 22, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 26, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Peace River at SR 60 Bartow (BARF1). The gauge peaked at 7.75 ft at Aug 22, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 7.6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9.2 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02294650, 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 Aug 21, 10:36 AM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 10:36 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	46 min
Aug 20, 9:47 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Manatee	31 hr
Aug 21, 2:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Manatee	16 hr
Aug 21, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	36 min
Aug 21, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	50 min
Aug 21, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	39 min
Aug 21, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	46 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.