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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 3, 2018Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2018, 9:28 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 4, 2018, 7:16 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2018, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2018, 7:16 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 5, 2018, 6:06 PM EDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Manatee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 Manatee River near Myakka Head at SR 64 (MKHF1). The gauge peaked at 13.20 ft at Jul 4, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT.

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

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02299950, 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 3, 8:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 8:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough4 days
Jul 4, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk36 min
Jul 4, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW39 min
Jul 4, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas37 min
Jul 4, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Lee89 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.