Alert archive / Florida / Flood Watches in 2018
Flood Watch 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this flood watch at Dec 19, 2018, 3:53 AM EST for 9 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2018, 3:53 AM EST (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2018, 3:09 AM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Dec 19, 3:52 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:52 AM EST, 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:53 AM EST | Gale Watch | TBW | 23 hr | |
| Dec 19, 10:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 45 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 19 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:26 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco, Pinellas | 12 hr |
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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.