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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 24, 2018Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 24, 2018, 11:26 AM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 24, 2018, 6:19 PM EDT. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 24, 2018, 11:26 AM EDT (15:26 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 24, 2018, 6:19 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 26, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 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 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Manatee River near Myakka Head at SR 64 (MKHF1). The gauge peaked at 11.41 ft at Aug 27, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT.

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 Aug 24, 9:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 9:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 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
Aug 24, 12:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Polk	57 min
Aug 24, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	46 hr
Aug 24, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Hardee	5 days
Aug 24, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	38 min
Aug 24, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sumter	38 min
Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	30 min
Aug 24, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee	46 min
Aug 24, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto	50 min
Aug 24, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		36 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.