Florida Weather

[dizzyfish]

1/2" yesterday. According to the NWS this morning it sounds like we should start getting the regular afternoon/evening thuderstorms beginning Tuesday.

[dizzyfish]

FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
646 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MANATEE RIVER AT
MYAKKA HEAD...

...HEAVY AND PERSISTENT RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND MORE RAIN FORECASTED
TO RESUME LATER TODAY HAS CAUSED THE RIVER BASIN TO REACH FLOOD
STAGE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CREST AT
12.3 FEET BY 2 PM.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

FLC081-222346-
/X.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0001.080622T1046Z-080623T1800Z/
/MKHF1.1.ER.080622T0751Z.080622T1800Z.080623T1200Z.NO/
646 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA FL HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 06AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS...11.4 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.3 FEET BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...PRIVATE ROAD AND BRIDGE 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM
FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL, RURAL KIBLER AREA BEGINS TO FLOOD
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.3
FEET ON MAY 20 1970.

[tropicana]

Tampa FL got a soaking Saturday, 3.08 inches a new record for June 21.
The high temp. stayed down also due to the rain, with a high of just 83F.

-jusxtin-

[feederband]

Well the grass is green again....


Now I have to mow the damn thing ...

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Rain missed me, except for light drizzle.

[HURAKAN]

More rain expected tomorrow.

Like clockwork, raining now.

0.16 inches as of this moment.

[JonathanBelles]

.9" officially via averages around the area yesterday.

[KWT]

Looks like today the main area for rainfall is going to be from central Florida up through to northern Florida. Looks like a decent line of showers/storms moving into northern Florida and the eastern Panhandle region right now.

[HURAKAN]

Thunderstorms. 0.48 inches of rain as of right now.

[HURAKAN]

2:12 PM: 1.07 inches of rain.

[HURAKAN]

2:24 PM: 1.34 inches of rain.

Thunders can be heard to the south but the rain is over for the moment.

[KWT]

Hopefully we can get some storms over Lake.O as well later today to help get the levels up a little bit.
Some nice looking cells there Hurakan.

[dizzyfish]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055-222000-
POLK-SUMTER-MANATEE-PINELLAS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-CITRUS-LEVY-PASCO-
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR INGLIS TO 20 MILES WEST OF CLEARWATER
BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
AFFECT NEW PORT RICHEY...HUDSON...HOLIDAY AND TARPON SPRINGS...UNTIL
400 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. TAKE COVER INSIDE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A
LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

[HURAKAN]

Rain is falling again.

2:41 PM: 1.46 inches.

[KWT]

I guess thats for the line of thunderstorms in the north-eastern gulf thats coming ashore now?
The front line of that line of cells look pretty intense!

[dizzyfish]

they sound that way too KWT! the worst is just to my north.

raining now and a little breezy.

[HURAKAN]

2:48 PM: 1.70 inches.

[dizzyfish]

Looks like the person in the little tan truck left their back slider window open.

[HURAKAN]

Looks like the person in the little tan truck left their back slider window open.

Yep, I went to check and it's open.

2:54 PM: 1.90 inches.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

YEA BABY HUGE SQUALL LINE HEADING INTO TAMPA BAY!!!!
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw