Alert archive / Florida / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 56, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 16, 2018, 11:34 AM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 17, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2018, 11:34 AM EDT (15:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2018, 3:54 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- 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 15:37 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 7.07 ft at Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM 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.
Nearby
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.