Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Nov 13, 1997, 7:10 PM EST (00:10 UTC)

Expired

Nov 14, 1997, 12:00 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Hardee County, FL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
710 PM EST THU NOV 13 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A...FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EST FOR

...HARDEE COUNTY

REPORTS FROM HARDEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER. SOME OF THE MAJOR AFFECTED AREAS ARE ALONG
CR 665 JUST SOUTH OF SR 64...US 17 AROUND BOWLING GREEN...SR 62 JUST
EAST OF FT GREEN SPRINGS...AND LAKE BRANCH RD.

AT 700 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY SINCE THIS
AFTERNOON. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COUNTY...AND MORE RAINFALL STREAMING IN FROM THE GULF...ADDITIONAL
RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT
IN ADDED FLOODING PROBLEMS.

RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS THAT FLOOD EASILY OR ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS
SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING
WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTO.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUtGH WATER
WHICH COVERS THE ROAD. LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER WILL STALL CARS
AND MAKE THEM FLOAT.

NASH

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 13, 2:26 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
221 PM EST THU NOV 13 1997

ONGOING CONVECTION TRAINING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PNSULA SEEMS TO BE
SLIDING ONLY VERY SLOLY SWD BUT WOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF ITS SWD
PROGRESS HAS JUST ABOUT STALLED. STALLING IN RESPONSE TO FALLING
PRESSURES BACK TO NEW ORLEANS AND THE CNTRL GOMEX IN ADVANCE OF COLD
FNT AND STRONG 5H VORT MAX PUSHING EWD OUT OF TX. ONGOING SEMI-TRAINING
BAND OF CONVECTION HAS PRODUCED SOME 1-3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES...MAINLY IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM
LEVY SWD TO SARASOTA.

STILL BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME SLOW DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF
THE PRESENT CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTN INTO EARLY TNGT. BUT WITH
RENEWED ENERGY PRESSING EWD WITH FRNT AND 5H VORT...BELIEVE THERE
WILL BE SIGNIFICANT REGENERATION OF SHWRS/TSTMS IN ERN GOMEX TNGT
WITH THE ACTIVITY PUSHING SEWD THRU NRN HLF FA LATE TNGT INTO FRI
MRNG...AND SRN FA MRNG/ERLY AFTN FRI. HAVE COORD A PSBL FLOOD WATCH
WITH MIA FOR COASTAL COUNTIES INTO TNGT WITH RENEWED HVY RAIN...BUT
COORD DECISION WILL NOT BE MADE UNTIL ISSUANCE OF 5PM ZFP.

BELIEVE PCPN WILL END FROM N TO S OVER FA FRI AS COLD FNT PUSHES SEWD
DURING THE DAY. DRIER/COOLER AIRMASS TO PUSH INTO FA FOLLOWING FNT
WITH A FOLLOW UP COLDER AIRMASS FNT TO PUSH IN BY LATE SATURDAY.

AM STILL NOT CONCERNED WITH ANY PSBL COASTAL TIDAL PROBLEMS
WITH TIDAL WATERS AVERAGING ONLY 1-1.5 FT ABOVE BELOW NORMAL6
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...SO OVERALL TIDAL WATERS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 3 FT
MSL EVEN AS WINDS VEER TO SW AND WLY ON FRI BUT THE GRADIENT WKNS.

DMR

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