FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
957 AM 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 MANATEE RIVER
AT RYE BRIDGE.
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE REGION HAS BROUGHT THE WATER LEVELS UP OVER FLOOD STAGE
FOR THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AND THE MANATEE RIVER BASINS...WITH MORE RAIN
EXPECTED TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
957 AM EDT THU JUL 02 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* AT  9AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.7 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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   FRI    SAT    SUN    MON    TUE
LITTLE MANATEE
WIMAUMA      11  13.5  THU  9 AM  14.4   13.1    9.9    7.9    6.7

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
408 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2009
...FLOOD WATCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY
EXACERBATE FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...SARASOTA...VENICE...ARCADIA
408 AM EDT THU JUL 2 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...HERNANDO...HIGHLANDS...
HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK AND SARASOTA.
* THROUGH THIS 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
THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL
OCCUR WITH LOCALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WHERE TRAINING OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
STREETS AND URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY. 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 TODAY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
OCCURS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ANCLOTE AND ALAFIA
RIVERS AS WELL AS CYPRESS CREEK.
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.