WORST STORM IN 100 YEARS SLAMS TAMPA BAY!

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

STRUCTURES COLLAPSE; HUNDREDS HAD TO BE RESCUED AS FLOODING INUNDATES THE TAMPA BAY AREA

EVACUATIONS IN PINELLAS COUNTY ST.PETE CLEARWATER AREA
SHELTER OPENED IN PINELLAS COUNTY

THE ST. PETERSBURG MAYOR RICK BAKER HAS DECLARED THIS STORM TO BE THE "100-YEAR STORM"

Extreme flooding in my area.

Flood Statement
FLC103-032300-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
457 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
SEMINOLE.
SAINT PETE BEACH.
SAINT PETERSBURG.
PINELLAS PARK.


* UNTIL 600 PM EST.

* AT 457 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA.

FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING ROADS IS LIKELY OCCURRING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTE...BUT REMEMBER TO
NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

DON`T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 2783 8285 2765 8270 2786 8256 2797 8271

$$

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Statement as of 4:00 PM EST on February 3, 2006


... Record daily rainfall set at Tampa international...

As of 4 PM... a record daily rainfall of 7.73 inches had been set
at Tampa International Airport so far today. This breaks the old
daily record of 2.23 inches set in 1961.

This is also the 4th wettest individual day so far since records
began on April 1, 1890. The top ten wettest days are listed below.

Rain
rank (in) date
1 11.45 05/08/1979
2 9.88 06/23/1945
3 9.07 07/29/1960
4 7.73 02/03/2006 (as of 4 pm)
5 7.59 09/29/1997
6 6.54 06/13/1934
7 6.38 09/14/2001
8 6.30 09/04/1935
9 5.75 09/05/1933
10 5.47 06/26/1974



Local Storm Report


02/03/2006 0200 PM

Kenneth City, Pinellas County.

Flash flood, reported by public.


10.15 inches in 8 hours. Up to 4 feet of water on local
Road. Flooding also at 54th Avenue and 62nd street as
well as serious flooding on 62nd street south of Dixie
High School at 46th Avenue.





02/03/2006 1100 am

Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County.

Heavy rain 0.00 inch, reported by Emergency Mngr.


*** 1 inj *** 3 roof failures reported by state warning
point on 49th street near 5800 block




02/03/2006 1217 PM

6 miles S of Pinellas Park, Pinellas County.

Flash flood, reported by trained spotter.


Roads impassable between 61st and 64th St on 5th Ave




02/03/2006 1218 PM

4 miles se of Pinellas parklas park, Pinellas County.

Flash flood, reported by trained spotter.


Roads flooded near 115th Ave N at 4th St N




02/03/2006 1230 PM

4 miles se of Pinellas parkllas parklas park, Pinellas County.

Flash flood, reported by trained spotter.


Vehicles flooded on 6th Ave N east of 66th St

[Tyler]

Extreme flooding in my area.



Statement as of 4:00 PM EST on February 3, 2006


... Record daily rainfall set at Tampa international...

As of 4 PM... a record daily rainfall of 7.73 inches had been set
at Tampa International Airport so far today. This breaks the old
daily record of 2.23 inches set in 1961.

This is also the 4th wettest individual day so far since records
began on April 1, 1890. The top ten wettest days are listed below.

Rain
rank (in) date
1 11.45 05/08/1979
2 9.88 06/23/1945
3 9.07 07/29/1960
4 7.73 02/03/2006 (as of 4 pm)
5 7.59 09/29/1997
6 6.54 06/13/1934
7 6.38 09/14/2001
8 6.30 09/04/1935
9 5.75 09/05/1933
10 5.47 06/26/1974

Thats an interesting list. 2006 is now the only year to have a WINTER month on that list. The rest were during summer.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

10.15 inches in 8 hours in Kenneth City!!!!!!

[JonathanBelles]

up to 11,5 inches in kenneth city

[MiamiensisWx]

Just incredible! Central Florida has had very rough storms and continues to receive it. Those strong storms are starting to approach southern Florida. Everyone in the southeastern U.S. must look out!

[mike815]

this is only round one ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT MAY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN FL PENINSULA. A WATCH IS NOT CURRENTLY
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER WILL MONITOR DEVELOPMENTAL TRENDS.

STRONG/POTENTIALLY SEVERE TSTM -- AROUND 30 SW APF/NAPLES AT 22Z --
APPEARS LIKELY TO REACH THE SOUTHWEST FL PENINSULA WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO. WITH COMPOSITE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ROUGHLY STALLED NORTH OF
A NAPLES TO PALM BEACH CORRIDOR...THIS STORM APPEARS LIKELY TO REACH
THE SOUTHERN COLLIER OR PERHAPS NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY COAST BY
AROUND 2300-2330Z. WITH A RELATIVELY MOIST/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
EXISTING ACROSS SOUTHERN FL...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SUPERCELL STRUCTURES PER 21Z RUC SOUNDINGS/LOCAL WSR-88D
VWPS...WITH A DAMAGING WIND AND/OR PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO
THREAT EARLY THIS EVENING.

[MiamiensisWx]

Here we go!

[mike815]

lol im excited too

[mike815]

wow incredible!!!

[Extremeweatherguy]

can't believe that a typical winter cold front brought such heavy rains to tampa. Seems like the world is out of control recently. The worst hurricane seasons in years...the warmest US January and the coldest Europe/Russia January in years...the drought in TX and the SW...the unstoppable NW rains...and now this...a 100 year flood event when it should not of even happened. I wonder what's next? (lets hope for a giant snowstorm from TX all the way across the gulf and into Fl...wouldn't that be a fun way to end the winter? lol)

[mike815]

yeaH it has

[wxmann_91]

can't believe that a typical winter cold front brought such heavy rains to tampa. Seems like the world is out of control recently. The worst hurricane seasons in years...the warmest US January and the coldest Europe/Russia January in years...the drought in TX and the SW...the unstoppable NW rains...and now this...a 100 year flood event when it should not of even happened. I wonder what's next? (lets hope for a giant snowstorm from TX all the way across the gulf and into Fl...wouldn't that be a fun way to end the winter? lol)

Look at the connection. They all have to do with La Nina (well, maybe except this freak rain event).

Despite what CPC has said, cold anomalies along the eastern equatorial region of the Pacific has been strong since October. La Nina did not just surface in January, it has been here since fall.

[WaitingForSiren]

can't believe that a typical winter cold front brought such heavy rains to tampa. Seems like the world is out of control recently. The worst hurricane seasons in years...the warmest US January and the coldest Europe/Russia January in years...the drought in TX and the SW...the unstoppable NW rains...and now this...a 100 year flood event when it should not of even happened. I wonder what's next? (lets hope for a giant snowstorm from TX all the way across the gulf and into Fl...wouldn't that be a fun way to end the winter? lol)

What makes you say it shouldnt have happened? Didndt seem too rare to me, I mean sure its record rains and all but oh well...the set-up seemed favorable to me. Outflow boundary sagging south with gulf air trying to return northward...causing the line to stall and train...makes sense to me.

[wxmann_91]

Is this really that bad of a storm to be called a "100 year storm"? I haven't heard about it in the media yet. Yes the record one day rainfall was shattered but this is there are three other dates that had more rain so this unless these three occurred 300 years ago this really isn't a "100 year storm".

Of course I could be proved wrong in the hours to come. Any updates?

[Cookiely]

Is this really that bad of a storm to be called a "100 year storm"? I haven't heard about it in the media yet. Yes the record one day rainfall was shattered but this is there are three other dates that had more rain so this unless these three occurred 300 years ago this really isn't a "100 year storm".

Of course I could be proved wrong in the hours to come. Any updates?

I don't know about 100 year but I've lived here over fifty years and I never saw anything like the amount of rain but more importantly the number of hours of steady rain with no let up. I was astounded. And more rain on the way tonight and tomorrow.

[feederband]

Looks like alot more rain tonite also.....We had 5 to 6 inches in Lakeland today..

[WaitingForSiren]

I think if any given area gets 8 or more inches of rain in 24 hours it is considered a 100 year storm. 6 inches is a 50 year storm, or something, However, we got 6 inches of rain here in MN in september, and then in june of 03 we got 6 and a half on june 24th (same night as the big SD outbreak)

[Cookiely]

My sister just told me that the thirty minute drive home took FIVE hours. She was exhausted.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

11 inches fell across parts of Pinellas County according to many
wunderground stations.

The official reports are also jaw-dropping---
Worst rain flooding than any hurricane that has ever struck here
since 1900.

[Extremeweatherguy]

can't believe that a typical winter cold front brought such heavy rains to tampa. Seems like the world is out of control recently. The worst hurricane seasons in years...the warmest US January and the coldest Europe/Russia January in years...the drought in TX and the SW...the unstoppable NW rains...and now this...a 100 year flood event when it should not of even happened. I wonder what's next? (lets hope for a giant snowstorm from TX all the way across the gulf and into Fl...wouldn't that be a fun way to end the winter? lol)

What makes you say it shouldnt have happened? Didndt seem too rare to me, I mean sure its record rains and all but oh well...the set-up seemed favorable to me. Outflow boundary sagging south with gulf air trying to return northward...causing the line to stall and train...makes sense to me.

well if you look at all the other of the top 10 rain records in Tampa they take place during the summer...this shouldn't have happened because it is winter...and a top ten rainfall has never occurred there in the winter.