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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 5, 2016Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Oct 5, 2016, 6:45 AM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2016, 6:45 AM EDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
19 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 10:45 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 Little Manatee River near Wimauma at US 301 (WIMF1). The gauge peaked at 11.38 ft at Oct 4, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14.5 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02300500, 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 Oct 5, 3:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 4:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
437 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2016

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-
873-876-060900-
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-
437 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS CAUSED MINOR RIVER
FLOODING ON THE LITTLE MANATEE AND ALAFIA RIVERS ALONG WITH HORSE
CREEK. ANY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE RISES ON
OTHER AREA RIVERS AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HURRICANE MATTHEW IS FORECAST TO TRACK INTO THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND
THEN OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS IN FLORIDA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AS ANY WESTWARD SHIFT IN A
FORECAST TRACK COULD INCREASE IMPACTS TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON MATTHEW CAN BE FOUND IN HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA OFFICE.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

MCKAUGHAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 12:24 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 8 more60 hr
Oct 5, 11:39 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningTBWCitrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Levy, Pasco and 2 more48 hr
Oct 5, 3:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2016Every 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.