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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 31, 2018Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Jul 31, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 1, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 1, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 7, 2018, 9:56 PM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:35 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 Myakka River at Myakka River State Park (MKCF1). The gauge peaked at 7.27 ft at Aug 4, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6.5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 8.5 ft
Major stage: 10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02298830, 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 30, 7:25 PM EDT, 14 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:25 PM EDT, 14 hours 8 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
Jul 30, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Manatee	19 hr
Jul 31, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	38 min
Jul 31, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		38 min
Jul 31, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	53 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2018 Every 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.