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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
ISAIAS LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL AL092026
1057 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
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COASTAL LEVY-
1057 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
..STORM SURGE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CEDAR KEY
- YANKEETOWN
- FOWLER BLUFF
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: WIND LESS THAN 39 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THE SUSTAINED WIND SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN TROPICAL
STORM FORCE. CONDITIONS MAY STILL BE GUSTY.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST
TROPICAL WINDS AT THIS TIME.
- ACT: ENSURE EMERGENCY READINESS SHOULD THE FORECAST CHANGE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM WIND.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
USUALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. A FEW PLACES WHERE RAPID PONDING
OF WATER OCCURS AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS
BECOME NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND
BRIDGE CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TBW
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