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WGUS42 KTBW 081537
FLWTBW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1137 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA AT US 301 AFFECTING HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
.DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL, WATER LEVELS ARE RISING ON THE LITTLE
MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST
TODAY. IF THIS RAINFALL MATERIALIZES, THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH
MINOR FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
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 1145 PM EDT.
FLC057-090345-
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0011.261009T0600Z-261011T0000Z/
/WIMF1.1.ER.261009T0600Z.261010T0000Z.261010T1800Z.NO/
1137 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA AT US 301.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.6 FEET, WATER REACHES THE TOP OF THE BANK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 11.8 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.8
FEET ON 10/03/1957.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2763 8231 2764 8243 2770 8243 2770 8231
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