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Flash Flood Watch (Florida)

#1 Postby ColdFront77 » Wed Aug 06, 2003 5:36 pm

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL FL
300 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY...

...INCREASING THREAT FOR OVERLAND AND RIVER FLOODING THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA:

LEVY... CITRUS...
HERNANDO... SUMTER...
PASCO...

...SYNOPSIS...
DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AND RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. AT
THE PRESENT TIME THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AXIS IS FORECAST TO BE ALONG
AND NORTH OF A TAMPA TO LAKELAND LINE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...WHERE
THE BEST CHANCES FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. MUCH OF
THE RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN EARLY MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON...
TAPERING OFF SOME DURING THE EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. THE THREAT OF
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE LEVELS ALONG RIVERS AND
STREAMS WHICH ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD AND MAY PUSH OTHER RIVERS INTO
FLOOD AS WELL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

...RAINFALL...
IN MANY AREAS...THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY SATURATED FROM THE
COMBINATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS. CURRENT DATA SUGGESTS THAT BY FRIDAY EVENING...AREAL
PRECIPITATION COULD AVERAGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES NORTH OF A TAMPA
TO LAKELAND LINE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE TRAINING OF
STORMS OCCUR OVER THE SAME AREAS.

...RIVER FLOODING AND OVERLAND FLOODING...
SEVERAL RIVER IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE ALREADY NEAR OR ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF TAMPA BAY. THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
AT DUNNELLON AND HOLDER REMAIN IN FLOOD...AND IS NEARING FLOOD STAGE
FARTHER UPSTREAM AT CROOM AND TRILBY. CYPRESS CREEK AT WORTHINGTON
GARDENS IN SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY IS ALSO IN FLOOD.

THE FORECAST OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD EXACERBATE RIVER
FLOODING IN THESE AREAS...NOT ONLY THROUGH THE FRIDAY BUT INTO THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND AS WELL. PORTIONS OF CITRUS...NORTHERN HERNANDO...
WESTERN SUMTER...AND EASTERN LEVY COUNTY REMAIN QUITE SATURATED FROM
CONTINUING SUMMER RAINS. REPEATED HEAVY RAINS IN THESES AREAS WILL
INCREASE THE THREAT FOR OVERLAND FLOODING...WITH POOR DRAINAGE AND
LOW LYING AREAS AT GREATEST RISK.

...PREPAREDNESS...
RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LIVING ALONG RIVERS...CREEKS...AND
STREAMS AS WELL AS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE
LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

MOTORISTS ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS SHOULD NEVER TRY TO CROSS THEM.
IT TAKES LESS THAN A FOOT OF WATER TO MOVE A VEHICLE IN MOST CASES.
REMEMBER...DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE RIVER FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS...URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES...AND OTHER STATEMENTS...TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY.

$$

MCMICHAEL
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#2 Postby Stormsfury » Wed Aug 06, 2003 5:39 pm

Not surprised to see FFW hoisted in those areas as well as much of the Southeast and East. With this trough not expected to abate for several more days ... expect the Supersoaker to continue.
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