FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1010 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2009
A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT
WIMAUMA...THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD...AND THE MANATTEE RIVER AT
RYE BRIDGE...
...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE REGION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS
RAISED THE RIVER LEVELS TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR SEVERAL RIVERS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
1010 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA
* UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* AT 9 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 14.5 FEET...FLOODING OF SEVERAL HOUSES BEGINS NEAR 32ND AND 33RD
STREETS IN RUSKIN
* 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    FRI    SAT    SUN    MON    TUE
LITTLE MANATEE
WIMAUMA      11  14.1 THU 9 PM  13.9   12.2    9.6    8.5    7.9

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
924 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009
...FLOOD WATCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
.WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING 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
924 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...DE SOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...HILLSBOROUGH...
MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK AND SARASOTA.
* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR THE COAST AND WILL SPREAD
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND PENINSULA AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 0.5
TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH LOCALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WHERE
TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS. WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS IS PROBABLE. SOME ROADS MAY
BECOME IMPASSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. RIVER FLOODING HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED OR IS FORECAST TO OCCUR ON THE LITTLE
MANATEE...MANATEE...AND MYAKKA RIVERS. ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING
MAY DEVELOP DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURS.
SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ANCLOTE AND ALAFIA RIVERS
AS WELL AS CYPRESS CREEK.
* FLOODING WILL GENERALLY FAVOR LOW AREAS IN URBANIZED AREAS.
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.