FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1113 AM EDT FRI JUL 03 2009
A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT
WIMAUMA AND THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD.
HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS BROUGHT THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE AT A FEW RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
1113 AM EDT FRI JUL 03 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
* AT 10AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 14.5 FEET...FLOODING OF SEVERAL HOUSES BEGINS NEAR 32ND AND 33RD
STREETS IN RUSKIN
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...THE CANOE RENTAL AREA FLOODS
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...THE RIVER OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.6 FEET ON SEP 28
2004.
FLD   OBSERVED         FORECAST 8AM
LOCATION     STG   STG  DAY  TIME   SAT    SUN    MON    TUE    WED
LITTLE MANATEE
WIMAUMA      11  13.7  FRI 10 AM  11.9    9.8    8.6    8.0    7.6

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
434 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009
...FLOOD WATCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY EXACERBATE
FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...
CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...
WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...
SARASOTA...VENICE...ARCADIA
434 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...DE SOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...HILLSBOROUGH...
MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK AND SARASOTA.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1/2
TO 1 INCH WILL OCCUR WITH LOCALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WHERE
TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS. THIS WILL MOST
LIKELY OCCUR OVER INTERIOR AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF
STREETS AND URBAN AREAS IS PROBABLE. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE
LITTLE MANATEE AND MANATEE RIVERS. ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING MAY
DEVELOP DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURS.
SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ANCLOTE...ALAFIA...AND
PEACE RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.