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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 3, 2024DeSoto County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Aug 3, 2024, 9:28 AM EDT for DeSoto County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 5, 2024, 7:27 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2024, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 5, 2024, 7:27 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2024, 11:55 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 13:28 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 Horse Creek near Arcadia at SR 72 (ARHF1). The gauge peaked at 14.07 ft at Aug 6, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT.

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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 3, 5:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 5:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:49 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco and 3 more15 hr
Aug 3, 5:16 AM EDTHurricane WatchTBWLevy54 hr
Aug 3, 9:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough61 hr
Aug 3, 9:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWManatee21 days
Aug 3, 9:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough21 days
Aug 3, 10:56 AM EDTStorm Surge WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco and 1 more54 hr
Aug 3, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Aug 3, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough55 min
Aug 3, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW39 min
Aug 3, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW43 min
Aug 3, 1:55 PM EDTFlood WatchTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more54 hr
Aug 3, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW66 min
Aug 3, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy45 min
Aug 3, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW59 min
Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Sarasota57 min
Aug 3, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW66 min
Aug 3, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands41 min
Aug 3, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Highlands47 min

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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.