Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

000 
WGUS72 KTBW 261735
FFSTBW
FLC049-055-057-081-101-105-119-270000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
131 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN HARDEE...POLK 
...SOUTHERN SUMTER...NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS...HILLSBOROUGH
...NORTHEASTERN MANATEE AND EASTERN PASCO COUNTY...

...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPOTED WIDESPREAD MINOR FLOODING IN 
POLK COUNTY.

PERIODIC HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH 
ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR. NUMEROUS ROADS 
WILL BE CLOSED. MOST STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FLOOD...AS 
WILL FAST RISING RIVERS. 

DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN


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LAT...LON 2848 8185 2751 8133 2750 8228 2845 8223

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WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
930 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

CURRENTLY...SATELLITE AND 88D RETURNS SHOW HURRICANE JEANNE WAS
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF FORT MEADE IN SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY EARLY
THIS MORNING. SURFACE OBSERVATIONAL DATA SHOWS TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WERE IMPACTING A LARGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AS I WRITE
WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS AS WELL. AS JEANNE
CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL FL INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
ZONES AND COASTAL PRODUCTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE
TORNADO WATCH BOX...WITH NO OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON HURRICANE JEANNE...PLEASE REFER TO OUR
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS.

NOTE TO TV METEOROLOGISTS...INSTANT MESSAGING CAPABILITY IS DOWN
HERE IN RUSKIN DUE TO HIGH WINDS.

&&

.MARINE...HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTH
TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER...WITH TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT FROM
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD. ALL MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN
PORT. NO CHANGES EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER.
 TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LEE...CHARLOTTE AND DESOTO
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING COASTAL WATERS BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT
T 60 NM.
 INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER...POLK...
  HIGHLANDS AND HARDEE COUNTIES.
 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...
  HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...AND POLK COUNTIES
  INCLUDING THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OUT 20 NM.
 FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES.

&&

SHORT TERM...MCMICHAEL
LONG TERM...SHARP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
600 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-261800-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
600 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

HURRICANE JEANNE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.  SEE
THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

RIVER FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE
JEANNE.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
923 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 AM     HURRICANE        BARTOW                  27.90N 81.85W
09/26/2004                   POLK               FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            71 MPH WIND GUST

0830 AM     HURRICANE        BARTOW                  27.90N 81.85W
09/26/2004                   POLK               FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            69 MPH WIND GUST

0830 AM     HURRICANE        10 S MULBERRY           27.76N 81.97W
09/26/2004                   POLK               FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            71 MPH WIND GUST

0845 AM     HURRICANE        SAINT PETERSBURG        27.76N 82.67W
09/26/2004                   PINELLAS           FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            61 MPH WIND GUST

0800 AM     HURRICANE        ARCADIA                 27.22N 81.86W
09/26/2004                   DESOTO             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            76 MPH WIND GUST

0845 AM     HURRICANE        VALRICO                 27.95N 82.26W
09/26/2004                   HILLSBOROUGH       FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF DAMAGE FROM WIND.

0711 AM     HURRICANE        BARTOW                  27.90N 81.85W
09/26/2004                   POLK               FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            WIND GUSTS OF 76 MPH.

0730 AM     HURRICANE        LAKELAND                28.04N 81.96W
09/26/2004                   POLK               FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            WIND GUSTS OF 54 MPH.

0900 AM     HURRICANE        3 NW BRANDON            27.96N 82.33W
09/26/2004                   HILLSBOROUGH       FL   AWOS

            66 MPH WIND GUST AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT.

0903 AM     HURRICANE        10 S BRADENTON          27.34N 82.58W
09/26/2004                   SARASOTA           FL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            60 MPH WIND GUST AT SARASOTA/BRADENTON AIRPORT.

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