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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 25, 2015Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 25, 2015, 10:30 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 26, 2015, 7:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2015, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 26, 2015, 7:38 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 28, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia (LITF1). The gauge peaked at 12.99 ft at Aug 26, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT.

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 Aug 25, 8:30 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 8:30 PM EDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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 25, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto	25 min
Aug 26, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	48 min
Aug 26, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	46 min
Aug 26, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	27 min
Aug 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Polk	97 min
Aug 26, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Okeechobee	36 min
Aug 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Osceola	36 min
Aug 26, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	26 min
Aug 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	37 min
Aug 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Highlands, Polk	2 hr
Aug 26, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	38 min
Aug 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	24 min
Aug 26, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	28 min
Aug 26, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Lee	50 min
Aug 26, 7:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Lee	2 hr
Aug 26, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	58 min
Aug 26, 7:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough	2 hr
Aug 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		37 min
Aug 26, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.