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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2023, 3:47 PM EDT for DeSoto County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 31, 2023, 7:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2023, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2023, 7:08 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2023, 3:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 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 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Horse Creek near Arcadia at SR 72 (ARHF1). The gauge peaked at 12.72 ft at Sep 1, 2023, 1:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14.5 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02297310, 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 30, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 29, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Aug 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 31 min | |
| Aug 30, 1:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee | 89 min |
| Aug 30, 1:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 20 min |
| Aug 30, 2:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Sumter | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 6:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 7 min |
| Aug 30, 6:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 12 min |
| Aug 30, 6:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 6:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 12 min |
| Aug 30, 8:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 15 min |
| Aug 30, 11:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 54 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:31 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 14 hr | |
| Aug 30, 5:33 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:33 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 26 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:33 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 10 hr |
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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.