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WGUS42 KTBW 201020
FLWTBW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
620 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 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.
.WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 1000 PM EDT.
FLC027-210200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0008.260920T1020Z-260921T0200Z/
/ARHF1.1.ER.260920T0454Z.260920T1200Z.260920T2024Z.NO/
620 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA AT SR 72.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE ACCESS ROAD TO HIDDEN OAK IS
IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 5:30 AM EDT SUNDAY WAS 12.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.4 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.4
FEET ON 07/31/1965.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2726 8194 2708 8198 2708 8202 2726 8201
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