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WGUS82 KTBW 141316
FLSTBW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
916 AM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
FLORIDA...
MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK AFFECTING SARASOTA COUNTY.
.DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL, THE WATER LEVEL ALONG THE MYAKKA RIVER
AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK REMAINS ELEVATED IN FLOOD STAGE.
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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 930 PM EDT.
FLC115-150130-
/O.EXT.KTBW.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-261017T0000Z/
/MKCF1.1.ER.261013T0100Z.261014T1300Z.261016T1800Z.NO/
916 AM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.3 FEET, PICNIC AREAS AND ADJACENT PARKING LOTS
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 9:00 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 7.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 7.2 FEET THROUGH
TODAY. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.2
FEET ON 12/28/2002.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2726 8226 2715 8234 2715 8238 2731 8226
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