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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 6, 2016Hardee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 6, 2016, 8:27 AM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2016, 8:27 AM EDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 24 hr
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 12:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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). The gauge peaked at 16.10 ft at Sep 6, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT.

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 Sep 5, 7:48 PM EDT, 12 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 7:48 PM EDT, 12 hours 39 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
Sep 5, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Charlotte	88 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.