Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Sep 27, 1997, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)

Expired

Sep 27, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pasco County, FL

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TTAA00 KTBW 271814
FFWTBW
FLC057-101-272215-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
210 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...EASTERN PASCO COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL
615 PM EDT FOR HILLSBOROUGH AND EASTERN PASCO COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE
RAINFALL HAS BECOME INTERMITTENT DURING THE LAST HOUR... THERE ARE STILL
PERSISTANT FLOOD PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
IN EASTERN PASCO COUNTY... ZEPHYR CREEK IS FLOODING WITH 50 HOMES IN
THE FLOOD PLAIN BEING IMPACTED. ALSO SOME ROADS ARE FLOODED OVER THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
 
IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... 75 TO 100 HOMES ARE AFFECTED IN SAMPSON PARK
WITH SOME SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED.
 
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 27, 11:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
1130 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 1997

PW VALUES EXTREMELY HIGH OVR FA BASED ON TBW SOUNDING. RADAR
DATA IMPLIES DIMINISHING PCPN PAST HOUR...YET WL IGNORE. EXPECT
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS TO DVLP OVER THE FA TDA...AND CONSIDERING THE
PW VALUES AND RAINFALL PAST 24 HRS...FLOODING IS PSBL/LIKELY...
THUS FLOOD WATCH MUST CONTINUE. WL DEAL WITH THE PROSPECTS FOR
DRYING SUN/MON IN THE AFTN DISCUSSION.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Florida, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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