FLOOD WATCH-07/01/09 to 7/2/09

ccstorms · Last edited by ccstorms on Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:12 am; edited 1 time in total

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DE SOTO...HARDEE...HERNANDO... HIGHLANDS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK AND SARASOTA.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY. RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP ON THE MANATEE OR LITTLE MANATEE RIVERS TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ANCLOTE AND ALAFIA RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
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ccstorms

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 535 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 .

.NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT TAMPA AS OF 5 PM

TODAY A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.17 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 2.84 INCHES SET IN 1955. THIS RANKS AS THE 9TH WETTEST JULY DAY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1890.
TODAY'S TOTAL WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB AS MORE RAIN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WE WILL LIKELY CLIMB A FEW NOTCHES HIGHER.
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ccstorms

NWS TAMPA 7/2/09

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