Flood Advisory
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 8 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Northwestern Highlands County in south central Florida...
When
Until 800 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways.
Additional details
- At 603 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sebring, Lake Placid, Sebring Regional Airport, Sylvan Shores, Lake Josephine, Lorida, Placid Lakes and Avon Park Air Force Range. - https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Affected areas
- Highlands County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30DGWB8NXA66CA6HJJ3KH0A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a024bcf17ba78b12f83e3623dc889a3e59c316b.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.6852
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KTBW 202203 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.FA.Y.0107.260920T2203Z-260921T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Highlands County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012055 |
| UGC | FLC055 |
- Polygons
- 27.46,-81.52 27.52,-81.44 27.64,-81.31 27.55,-81.26 27.43,-81.24 27.3,-81.29 27.25,-81.42 27.15,-81.55 27.28,-81.56 27.46,-81.52