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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 28, 2020DeSoto County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 28, 2020, 10:22 PM EDT for DeSoto County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 30, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2020, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 30, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 8, 2020, 10:57 AM EDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County DeSoto County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Peace River at SR 70 Arcadia (ARCF1). The gauge peaked at 12.11 ft at Oct 3, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02296750, 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 Sep 28, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 28, 4:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 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
Sep 29, 10:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Pasco	22 hr
Sep 29, 2:31 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		21 hr
Sep 29, 2:37 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	29 hr
Sep 29, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		31 min
Sep 29, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	24 min
Sep 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	27 min
Sep 29, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	48 min
Sep 29, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	26 min
Sep 29, 4:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	39 hr
Sep 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	14 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Florida, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.