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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1138 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
CITRUS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1138 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILDWOOD, LAKE PANASOFFKEE, COLEMAN, RUTLAND AND OXFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 2890 8219 2891 8216 2893 8215 2892 8209
2896 8213 2896 8212 2896 8203 2896 8201
2893 8202 2889 8203 2887 8201 2884 8203
2879 8206 2876 8208 2874 8212 2877 8221
2885 8222 2888 8223
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
TBW
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