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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 19, 2019Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Oct 19, 2019, 10:16 AM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 19, 2019, 7:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 19, 2019, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 19, 2019, 7:36 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 22, 2019, 9:39 AM EDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Hillsborough County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Manatee River near Wimauma at US 301 (WIMF1). The gauge peaked at 12.71 ft at Oct 20, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14.5 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02300500, 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 Oct 19, 9:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 9:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 19, 4:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
423 AM EDT SAT OCT 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 S WHITFIELD           27.40N 82.57W
10/19/2019  M41 MPH          MANATEE            FL   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KSRQ SARASOTA BRADENT.

&&

JCM

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 4:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
445 AM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019

FLZ052-056-251-255-190930-
Inland Manatee FL-Polk FL-Hardee FL-Inland Hillsborough FL-
445 AM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDEE...NORTHEASTERN MANATEE...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM
EDT...

At 445 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles southeast of Fish Hawk to 10 miles
southwest of Sebring. Movement was north at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Lakeland, Plant City, Bartow, Wauchula, Fish Hawk, Brandon, Ona,
Lakeland Linder Airport, Medulla, Riverview, Sweetwater, Fort Meade,
Crooked Lake Park, Mulberry, Bowling Green, Zolfo Springs, Homeland,
Alturas, Alafia River State Park and Fort Lonesome.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until noon EDT for central, south
central and west central Florida.

LAT...LON 2739 8225 2815 8229 2782 8157 2749 8156
      2736 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 165DEG 34KT 2771 8202 2737 8154

TBW

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 8:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 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
Oct 18, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		65 min
Oct 18, 9:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	42 min
Oct 18, 9:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	87 min
Oct 18, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	38 min
Oct 18, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		51 min
Oct 18, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	23 min
Oct 18, 10:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	37 min
Oct 18, 10:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	92 min
Oct 18, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pasco	47 min
Oct 18, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pasco	39 min
Oct 18, 10:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk	50 min
Oct 18, 11:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	23 min
Oct 18, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		61 min
Oct 19, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		65 min
Oct 19, 1:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		96 min
Oct 19, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	42 min
Oct 19, 3:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	82 min
Oct 19, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Sarasota	40 min
Oct 19, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		96 min
Oct 19, 3:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota	59 min
Oct 19, 3:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Sarasota	84 min
Oct 19, 4:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Charlotte, Sarasota	32 min
Oct 19, 4:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Charlotte, Sarasota	28 min
Oct 19, 4:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	45 min
Oct 19, 5:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		115 min
Oct 19, 5:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Charlotte, Sarasota	31 min
Oct 19, 6:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	87 min
Oct 19, 8:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sarasota	35 min
Oct 19, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	43 min
Oct 19, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Okeechobee	45 min
Oct 19, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		26 min
Oct 19, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando	41 min
Oct 19, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando	27 min
Oct 19, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		40 min
Oct 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	24 min
Oct 19, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		25 min
Oct 19, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sarasota	34 min
Oct 19, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	39 min

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.