Flood Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Further Notice
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Florida... Withlacoochee At US 41 Dunnellon affecting Citrus, Levy and Marion Counties. .The Withlacoochee River at Dunnellon 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 due to excessive hydrilla growth (from the 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 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 7:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 28.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 28.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to remain above flood stage until further notice. - Flood stage is 28.2 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 28.2 feet on 10/02/1979. - https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
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 Saturday afternoon at noon 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
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VJME9DWF3R5T8VNRZEGWPA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.50b53ebb063eb40849eec0645423d262682955a2.001.1
- 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.1402
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KTBW 190056 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KTBW.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3d88e48db7f18257b7bd14005836d6ead5984b5a.001.1,2026-09-17T21:29:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c7dc21cc5dd016c4b6ac68138bbe42388bc3ddb.001.1,2026-09-17T10:44:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6ebc5de05d23ebb1c6951a0fc9f8255c3682f562.001.1,2026-09-16T21:14:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4898fe751b4b133fa986b0e2b7db5d1c72fdde59.001.1,2026-09-16T15:10:00-04:00 |
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