Flood Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Afternoon Until Further Notice
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Florida... Withlacoochee At US 41 Dunnellon affecting Citrus, Marion and Levy Counties. .The Withlacoochee River at Dunnellon (US 41) has been steadily rising since July and on September 15, reached flood stage. The cause of the high water along the Withlacoochee River at Dunnellon is excessive hydrilla growth (from river bottom to the water surface) along a 4.5 mile stretch of river between US 41 and Lake Rousseau. The hydrilla is acting like a dam and holding water back, causing water levels to rise.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Withlacoochee at US 41 Dunnellon.
When
Until further notice.
Impacts
At 28.2 feet, Docks and boat ramps flood along the river in Citrus and Marion counties.
Additional details
- At 2:45 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 28.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 28.2 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 2:45 PM EDT Wednesday was 28.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to remain steady above flood stage at 28.3 feet. - Flood stage is 28.2 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 28.3 feet on 10/05/1965. - https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this evening at 1145 PM EDT.
Affected areas
- Citrus County, FL
- Levy County, FL
- Marion County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NT27KHFKZXR3A0B1PMCABB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4898fe751b4b133fa986b0e2b7db5d1c72fdde59.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTBW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1975
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS42 KTBW 161910 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0007.260916T1910Z-000000T0000Z/ |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Citrus County, FL
- Levy County, FL
- Marion County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012017 |
| SAME | 012075 |
| SAME | 012083 |
| UGC | FLC017 |
| UGC | FLC075 |
| UGC | FLC083 |
- Polygons
- 28.98,-82.44 29.02,-82.48 29.09,-82.44 29.07,-82.37 28.98,-82.44