729  
WGUS42 KTBW 150123  
FLWTBW  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
923 PM EDT MON SEP 14 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...  
 
HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA AT SR 72 AFFECTING DESOTO 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.  
 
 
 
FLC027-151800-  
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0006.260916T1500Z-000000T0000Z/  
/ARHF1.1.ER.260916T1500Z.260918T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
923 PM EDT MON SEP 14 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA AT SR 72.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE ACCESS ROAD TO HIDDEN OAK IS  
IMPASSABLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO 12.4 FEET THURSDAY  
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.5  
FEET ON 08/31/2002.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2726 8194 2708 8198 2708 8202 2726 8201  
 
 
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