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WGUS42 KTBW 111328
FLWTBW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
928 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ALAFIA RIVER AT RIVERVIEW NEAR US 301 AFFECTING HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
FOR THE ALAFIA...INCLUDING LITHIA , RIVERVIEW NEAR US 301...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 1045 PM EDT.
FLC057-120245-
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0002.240411T1636Z-240412T0236Z/
/RVWF1.1.ER.240411T1636Z.240411T1900Z.240411T2036Z.NR/
928 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ALAFIA RIVER AT RIVERVIEW NEAR US 301.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 4.2 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO IMPACT HOMES ON PINE AVENUE
AND PARK DRIVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL QUICKLY RISE TO FLOOD STAGE LATER
THIS MORNING AND RISE TO A CREST NEAR 4.7 FEET LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.2 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
4.8 FEET ON 07/23/2001.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (3 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
ALAFIA RIVER
RIVERVIEW NEAR US 4.2 2.6 THU 9 AM 4.7 1.8 0.9 1.4 1.2
LAT...LON 2785 8235 2785 8229 2790 8229 2789 8235
TBW
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