Flood Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Florida... Horse Creek Near Arcadia at SR 72 affecting DeSoto County. Withlacoochee At US 41 Dunnellon affecting Levy, Citrus and Marion Counties. .Due to recent heavy rainfall water levels remain elevated along the Horse Creek near Arcadia, and is expected to drop below flood stage overnight. 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 occurring.
Where
Horse Creek near Arcadia at SR 72.
When
Until late tonight.
Impacts
At 12.0 feet, The access road to Hidden Oak is impassable.
Additional details
- At 7:30 PM EDT Monday the stage was 12.0 feet. - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:30 PM EDT Monday was 12.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late this evening and continue falling to 9.8 feet Thursday evening. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.0 feet on 09/07/2003. - 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 late tonight at 300 AM EDT.
Affected areas
- DeSoto County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M338RKBZ8SZRDRBMYVMXA0VW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.458a265d8bf7f00eff5e51d838b4287ac215cbde.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.995
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KTBW 220037 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KTBW.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260922T0700Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T03:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.affd7dc767c3d04b8641134a1f1d725a4256bfe2.001.1,2026-09-20T20:48:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.30e03b85d086e2625e73530757d82c05cef5231e.001.1,2026-09-20T08:57:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.93e66d098cbd094093b4a1d9cd9936b4de253e68.001.1,2026-09-20T06:20:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- DeSoto County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012027 |
| UGC | FLC027 |
- Polygons
- 27.26,-81.94 27.08,-81.98 27.08,-82.02 27.26,-82.01 27.26,-81.94