409  
WGUS42 KTBW 121326  
FLWTBW  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
926 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...  
 
MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK AFFECTING SARASOTA COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 930 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
FLC115-130130-  
/O.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0014.261013T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/MKCF1.1.ER.261013T0000Z.261014T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
926 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, PARK NATURE TRAIL FLOODS. WATER APPROACHING  
PORCH STEPS OF CABINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 7.1 FEET TOMORROW  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.1  
FEET ON 08/16/1997.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2726 8226 2715 8234 2715 8238 2731 8226  
 

 
 
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