279  
WGUS42 KTBW 261311  
FLWTBW  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
911 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...  
 
MANATEE RIVER NEAR MYAKKA HEAD AT SR 64 AFFECTING MANATEE COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 1215 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
FLC081-270415-  
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0005.250826T2200Z-250828T0300Z/  
/MKHF1.1.ER.250826T2200Z.250827T1200Z.250827T2100Z.NO/  
911 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MANATEE RIVER NEAR MYAKKA HEAD AT SR 64.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, PRIVATE ROAD AND BRIDGE 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM  
FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL, RURAL KIBLER AREA BEGINS TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 11.2 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.2 FEET ON 09/18/2022.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM EDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN  
 
MANATEE RIVER  
MYAKKA HEAD AT SR 11.0 10.3 TUE 8 AM 11.2 10.1 8.2 6.7 5.9  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2746 8217 2743 8224 2745 8233 2752 8233  
2751 8224 2753 8224  
 

 
 
TBW  
 
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