Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Dec 13, 1997, 11:38 PM EST (04:38 UTC)

Expired

Dec 14, 1997, 9:00 AM EST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL

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TTAA00 KTBW 140438
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FLC057-081-101-141400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1138 PM EST SAT DEC 13 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A...FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR

...PASCO...HILLSBOROUGH AND MANATEE COUNTIES...

DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING THAT THE STEADIEST RAINFALL HAS PUSHED
FARTHER SOUTH TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAINES CITY TO
SARASOTA. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THEREFORE...A FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR PASCO...HILLSBOROUGH AND MANATEE COUNTIES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED THAT THE MOST SERIOUS
FLOODING CONTINUES OVER SOUTHWESTERN PASCO COUNTY...ALONG THE ANCLOTE
RIVER AND ELFERS PARKWAY. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN WAS IN THE RIVERVIEW
GIBSONTON AREA OF CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT
WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.

REMEMBER THAT AREAS THAT ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE FLOOD WARNING
REGION STILL HAVE A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 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.

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

MORALES

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 13, 8:14 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

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

CURRENT...88D SHOWING A BIT OF A DECREASE IN RAINFALL COVERAGE NORTH
OF A LINE FROM BARTOW TO SARASOTA. STILL MODERATE RAIN OVR S FA...BUT
LATEST 88D LOOP INDICATES THAT WITHIN A FEW HRS IT IS LIKELY THAT EVEN
THE AREAS OF STEADY RAINFALL OVER THE S FA WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTANT.
HOWEVER...FLOOD WATCH STILL APPROPRIATE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS EVEN PERIODS
OF LIGHTER RAIN WILL STILL KEEP MOST AREAS VERY SATURATED.

WILL LIKELY UPATE FIRST PERIOD TO CHANGE WORDING TO PERIODS OF RAIN.
BIGGER PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE TEMPS. CURRENT ZFP HAS UPR 40S TO LO 50S FOR
N 1/2 OF FA. WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO REGROUP TO REFLECT SLIGHTLY LOWER
MINS OVR LEVY AND CITURS WHERE SFC TEMPS AND TDS ARE IN THE MID 50S.
OVR THE CENT FA TDS IN THE MID TO UPR 60S. THUS...DON'T EXPECT MINS
TO GET BELOW 60 DEG MARK TONIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS ABT THE SAME AS
MOST AREAS SHUD STILL SEE RAIN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

MORALES

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

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