652  
WGUS42 KTBW 091248  
FLWTBW  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
848 AM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...  
 
ANCLOTE RIVER AT ELFERS AT LITTLE ROAD AFFECTING PASCO COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 900 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
FLC101-100100-  
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0013.261009T2100Z-261010T1500Z/  
/ELFF1.1.ER.261009T2100Z.261010T0000Z.261010T0900Z.NO/  
848 AM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...ANCLOTE RIVER AT ELFERS AT LITTLE ROAD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, THERE IS WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ALONG THE  
ELFERS PARKWAY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 20.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.1  
FEET ON 07/28/1964.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2820 8263 2819 8271 2817 8271 2817 8275  
2823 8272 2824 8263  
 

 
 
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