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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 29, 2015Hardee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 29, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 30, 2015, 6:48 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 30, 2015, 6:48 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 2, 2015, 10:10 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Hardee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 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 Peace River at Zolfo Springs (ZFSF1).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02295637, 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 29, 9:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 9:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 4:06 AM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
406 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2015

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-
873-876-300815-
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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
406 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER
STATE PARK...AND MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON SEVERAL OTHER
RIVERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
MAY AGGRAVATE FLOODING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS OR FASTER
FLOWING STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF WATER LEVELS AND BE READY
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TROPICAL
STORM ERIKA IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...POTENTIALLY PULLING BANDS OF
SHOWERS THROUGH THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WIND SPEEDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL INCREASE DURING THE FIRST
HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AS ERIKA MOVES THROUGH THE WATERS. ELEVATED
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT OPERATORS.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
RIVER FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG MANY RIVERS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS OR
FASTER FLOWING STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF WATER LEVELS AND BE
READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.

FLEMING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 8:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Levy114 min
Aug 29, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW47 min
Aug 29, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Aug 29, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee44 min
Aug 29, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco39 min
Aug 29, 3:45 PM EDTFlood WatchTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 6 more52 hr
Aug 29, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas49 min
Aug 29, 4:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pasco116 min
Aug 29, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Lee47 min
Aug 29, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando, Pasco, Sumter43 min
Aug 29, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando, Sumter42 min
Aug 29, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota51 min
Aug 29, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk44 min
Aug 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk40 min
Aug 29, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Hardee45 min
Aug 29, 6:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter118 min
Aug 29, 6:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWPolk117 min
Aug 29, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Manatee, Polk41 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.