Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Dec 13, 1997, 12:29 PM EST (17:29 UTC)

Expired

Dec 14, 1997, 12:00 AM EST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1229 PM EST SAT DEC 13 1997

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

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
   PASCO..PINELLAS..HILLSBOROUGH..POLK..MANATEE..HARDEE
   AND SARASOTA

SHORTLY AFTER NOON...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE
CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINS HEADING FOR WEST-
CENTRAL FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY
EARLY EVENING ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MANATEE...SARASOTA AND
HARDEE COUNTIES.

WITH THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS OF HEAVY RAINS...TOTALING 3 TO 7 INCHES
ACROSS A WIDE AREA...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS BECOMING IMMINENT. LOCAL
OFFICIALS IN PASCO AND SARASOTA COUNTIES REPORT SOME CREEKS GETTING
CLOSE TO SOME HOMES...AND THE WATER CONTINUES RISING. ALSO...PAYNES
CREEK AT THE HISTORICAL SITE IN HARDEE COUNTY IS RISING AND FLOODING OF
THE PARK AND NEARBY ROADS IS IMMINENT. WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL OCCUR AND SOME ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE WITH
THE CONTINUED RAINS.

FLOODING PROBLEMS...ONCE THEY BEGIN...WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE DUE TO
THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVdE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTHS OR WHICH COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT TAKES LESS THAN TWO FEET
OF WATER FOR VEHICLES TO STALL AND BEGIN TO FLOAT.

UPDATED SPECIFIC INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED IN FOLLOW-UP STATEMENTS
LATER TODAY.

NASH

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 13, 3:10 AM EST, 9 hours 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
305 AM EST SAT DEC 13 1997

FLOOD WATCH COMMENTS...
WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED AND FOR CONTINUITY OF FA AND WOULD PREFER TO INCLUDE
LEE COUNTY IN THE FLOOD WATCH. SUSPECT WITH SLOW SAG OF SFC BNDRY SWD
AND PROSPECT FOR ANOTHER MESO LOW PULLING OUT OF THE SE GOMEX WITH
POTENTIAL CYCLOGENSIS AS IT PUSHES NEWD ALONG FRONT INTO ATLANTIC...
SUSPECT THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD SWD. LEE COUNTY HAS ALREADY
SEEN ONE ROUND OF RAIN FRI WITH ANOTHER TDY.

SFC BNDRY HAS CONTD SLO PUSH S TO A PGD TO NR VRB LN AND HAS TEMP STALLED
AGAIN.  WDSPD LOW CIGS AND RAIN N OF FNT WITH A SCT-NRMS SHWRS AND FEW
TSTMS ALONG FNTAL BNDRY. ONE 5H VORT MAX AND WK MESO LOW PRES WILL TREK
ACROSS PNSULA TDY SO XPT RAINS TO LIGHTEN TO AREAS OF LGT RAIN N OF FNT
WITH SHWRS/TSTMS SRN FA ALONG CONVERGENT FRONTAL BNDRY. THEN AS NEXT
DVLPG SFC LO PULLS OUT OF SE GOMEX WITH APPROACH OF MAIN 5H LOW...EXPECT
RENEWED HEAVIER RAINS TO SPRD BACK ACROSS PNSULA TNGT INTO SUN. ANOTHER
2-4 INCHES OF RAIN PSBL FOR MOST OF FA NEXT 36 TO 48 HRS. STILL LIKELY
CLDY CONDS WITH AREAS OF WRAP ARND RAIN SLOLY COMING TO AN END ON MON
AS CLOSED 5H LO AND INTENSIFYING SFC LOW DVLOPG OFF FL E COAST PULLS
SLOWLY EWD.

TEMPS WILL BE HELD DOWN CONSIDERABLY BY CLDS AND CAA/EVAP COOLING N OF
FNT. NO SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND ENTIRE FA.

DMR

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