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WGUS82 KTBW 170120
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
920 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
FLORIDA...
MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK AFFECTING SARASOTA COUNTY.
.DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL, THE WATER LEVEL ALONG THE MYAKKA RIVER
AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK REMAINS ELEVATED IN FLOOD STAGE.
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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM EDT.
FLC115-171500-
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/MKCF1.1.ER.261013T0100Z.261014T1300Z.261018T0600Z.NO/
920 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, PARK NATURE TRAIL FLOODS. WATER APPROACHING
PORCH STEPS OF CABINS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 9:00 PM EDT FRIDAY WAS 7.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.7 FEET MONDAY 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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