Expires:No;;490864 WGUS42 KTBW 011541 CCA FLWTBW BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1141 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...THE MYAKKA RIVER AT THE MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK. ...HEAVY AND PERSISTENT RAINFALL FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, AND MORE RAIN FORECASTED, WILL CAUSE THE MYAKKA RIVER AT THE MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW STORMS TO PUSH INLAND FROM THE GULF AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH TOMORROW. CURRENTLY, THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 7.4 FT BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS... STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && FL115-020427- /X.NEW.KTBW.FL.W.0004.090701T1541Z-090703T2200Z/ /MKCF1.1.ER.090702T1700Z.090703T0600Z.090703T1600Z.NO/ 1141 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA FL HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING. * AT 11AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...4.3 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 7.4 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...THE MAIN PARK ROAD FLOODS. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...TRAILS, PICNIC AREAS, AND PARKING LOTS FLOOD. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.4 FEET ON NOV 29 1953. $$ && FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 8AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON MYAKKA MYAKKA RIVE 7 4.3 WED 11 AM 6.5 7.2 5.4 4.9 5.0