Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Dec 14, 1997, 9:08 AM EST (14:08 UTC)

Expired

Dec 14, 1997, 3:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Manatee County, FL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
908 AM EST SUN DEC 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE...FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR

   PASCO..HILLSBOROUGH.. AND MANATEE COUNTIES

LATEST INFORMATION FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED
AREAS OF CONTINUED FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE REGION.

SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHWEST PASCO COUNTY...MANY ROADS IN THE ELFERS AREA
REMAIN CLOSED. SOME HOMES ARE ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE WATER IN THEM. IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MANY ROADS SCATTERED ACROSS MAINLY THE LOW LYING
AREAS OF THE COUNTY HAVE WATER OVER THEM. IN MANATEE COUNTY...MANY
ROADS IN EAST BRADENTON ARE ALSO WATER COVERED. ALSO DUE TO THE HIGH
WATER ALONG THE MANATEE RIVER...RYE BRIDGE IS CLOSED WITH WATER FLOWING
OVER IT. SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED ON WOODSTOCK ROAD NEAR THE
MANATEE RIVER DUE TO THE HIGH WATERS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER WITH ONLY SMALL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM LIGHT RAIN INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...THE FLOODING SITUATION WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE DUE TO THE FLAT
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. IN
ADDITION...LOCAL RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS
WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS.

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 DRIVE 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.

NASH

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 14, 2:25 AM EST, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
224 AM EST SUN DEC 14 1997

DONT OFTEN SEE CLOSED 5H LOWS TREK ACROSS THE PNSULA.....
FLOOD WATCH...BELIEVE PREMISE FOR HVY RAIN WILL END THIS MRNG XCP FOR
PSBLY NE FL WITH WRAP IN OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE THERE WITH APPROACH OF 5H
LOW. BUT MY THOUGHT WOULD BE TO HOLD ONTO FLOOD WATCH THRU TDY BECAUSE
OF THE SATURATED GROUND UNTIL PREMISE FOR WARM ADVECTION RAINS END TDY.
COLD ADVECTION RAINS BEGINNING TDY INTO TNGT AND MON WILL BE LIGHTER.
AM MARGINAL ON THIS AND WILL AGREE TO PNSULA FA RESOLUTION.

SFC LO APPEARS TO BE DVLPG OVR TPA THIS MRNG...WITH WARM SECTOR AIRMASS
OVER MUCH OF CNTRL PNSULA AND SWD. ALL MODELS INDICATNG CLOSED 5H LO
CNTR TO PUSH E ALG NRN CSTAL GOMEX NEXT 36 HRS. AVN/NGM PROGRESS
IDENTICAL WITH POSITION OF 5H LO AT 36 HRS OVR N GNV WITH ETA ABOUT 6 HRS
SLOER. WOULD OPT FOR THE SLOWER ETA DUE TO USUAL SLOWER PROGRESS OF
CLOSED LOW SYSTEMS.

EWD PUSHING 5H LOW WILL PUSH DEEPENING SFC SLOLY ENEWD WITH REINVIGORATED
SFC COLD FNT SWINGG SEWD DOWN PNSULA DURING TDY. WITH COLD AIR MASS
ALREADY IN PLACE OVR SE U.S. AND WITH COOLING FROM ALOFT WITH COLD
LOW PUSHING EWD...EXPECT COLDER CONDITIONS FA WIDE THRU NEXT 48 HRS.
EXPECT SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS THRU TDY AS FNT PUSHES SEWD. PROBABLY SEE
STEADY LIGHTER RAINS OVR FA TDY THEN INTERMITTENT -RA/DZ TNGT AND MON WITH
CHILLED RAIN FROM ALOFT KEEPING TEMPS UNSEASONABLY COOL...SUSPECT PROBABLY
EVEN A CAT OR TWO UNDER MOS. ALSO NGM MOS POPS TOO LOW AND WOULD LEAN TO
FAN POPS IN THIS SITUATION WITH SLO TREK OF UPPER SYSTEM.

AT PRESENT DO NOT FORESEE ANY SUNSHINE THRU MON WHICH WILL MAKE FIVE
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT SUNSHINE...A RARITY FOR PNSULA FL.

DMR

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