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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 27, 2015Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Jul 27, 2015, 10:38 AM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 28, 2015, 12:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 45 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2015, 10:38 AM EDT (14:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 28, 2015, 12:08 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 11, 2015, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 45 days
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Pasco County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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 Cypress Creek at SR 54 Worthington Gardens (WRGF1).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02303420, 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 Jul 27, 9:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 9:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
525 AM EDT MON JUL 27 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-
873-876-280930-
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-
525 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES
WILL BE FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM TAMPA BAY SOUTHWARD THIS
MORNING...THEN SPREADING INLAND AND NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...
AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

...FLOOD IMPACT...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PASCO COUNTY
SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW-
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
MODERATE SURF WILL PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE ANCLOTE RIVER AT ELFERS. THE
LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA IS FORECAST TO RISE INTO MINOR
FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP IF HEAVY RAIN
OCCURS OVER OTHER RIVER BASINS...ESPECIALLY THE
ALAFIA...MYAKKA...AND CYPRESS CREEK. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS
OR FAST-FLOWING STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF WATER LEVELS AND BE
READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
RIVER FLOODING MAY PERSIST INTO THIS WEEK. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG
RIVERS OR FAST-FLOWING STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF WATER LEVELS
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

CARLISLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 3:57 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	16 hr
Jul 27, 6:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Sarasota	70 days
Jul 27, 12:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Pasco	109 min
Jul 27, 7:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	3 hr

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.