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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2026, 6:20 AM EDT for DeSoto County, Florida. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2026, 6:20 AM EDT (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 hr
- 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 10:20 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 12.38 ft at Sep 20, 2026, 8:00 AM 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 40 min |
| Sep 20, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Sep 20, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 33 min | |
| Sep 20, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Sep 20, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 28 min |
| Sep 20, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Sep 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 36 min |
| Sep 20, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 23 min |
| Sep 20, 6:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 117 min |
| Sep 20, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 35 min | |
| Sep 20, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 28 min |
| Sep 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 2 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.