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WGUS42 KTBW 071034
FLWTBW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
634 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
WITHLACOOCHEE AT US 41 DUNNELLON AFFECTING LEVY, MARION AND CITRUS
COUNTIES.
.ELEVATED WATER LEVELS CONTINUE ON THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER AT
DUNNELLON DUE TO EXCESSIVE HYDRILLA GROWTH ALONG A 4.5 MILE STRETCH
OF RIVER BETWEEN U.S. 41 AND LAKE ROUSSEAU. THE HYDRILLA HAS BEEN
ACTING LIKE A DAM AND HOLDING WATER BACK, KEEPING LEVELS ELEVATED.
WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY OR GRADUALLY RISE AS
RAINFALL OCCURS IN THE BASIN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 645 PM EDT.
FLC017-075-083-072245-
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634 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WITHLACOOCHEE AT US 41 DUNNELLON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 28.2 FEET, DOCKS AND BOAT RAMPS FLOOD ALONG THE RIVER
IN CITRUS AND MARION COUNTIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 28.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 5:45 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 28.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AT 28.2 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 28.2 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 28.3
FEET ON 10/05/1965.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2898 8244 2902 8248 2909 8244 2907 8237
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