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WGUS42 KTBW 161037
FLWTBW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
637 AM EDT WED SEP 16 2009
A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD.
RAINS FROM YESTERDAY INCREASED RIVER LEVELS TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER
IS FORECAST TO CREST LATER TODAY...AND THEN FALL SLOWLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
FLC081-162337-
/O.EXT.KTBW.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-090918T1200Z/
/MKHF1.2.ER.090916T0157Z.090916T1200Z.090918T0600Z.NO/
637 AM EDT WED SEP 16 2009
..OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
FORECAST
FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...15.2 FEET
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET
* IMPACT...AT 15 FEET...LOW SECTIONS OF STATEROAD 64 START TO FLOOD
* IMPACT...AT 11 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 15.3 FEET ON AUG 15
1976.
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 8AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
MANATEE
MYAKKA HEAD 11 15.2 WED 06 AM 12.9 10.4 7.6 6.3 MSG
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