Expires:200901071739;;820606 ASUS42 KTBW 071010 RWRFL FLORIDA REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 500 AM EST WED JAN 07 2009 NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. WAC027-071739- /O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0015.090107T1614Z-090109T1254Z/ /SATW1.3.ER.090107T1614Z.090108T1200Z.090109T0354Z.NR/ 239 AM PST WED JAN 07 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SATSOP RIVER NEAR SATSOP * FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AT 2:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 31.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 34.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 AM WEDNESDAY AND CREST NEAR 38.4 FEET AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 38.0 FEET...THE SATSOP RIVER WILL CAUSE MAJOR NEAR RECORD FLOODING...WITH DEEP AND SWIFT FLOOD WATERS INUNDATING FARMS...ROADS...AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. EROSION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO RIVER BANKS. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALL ALONG THE RIVER INCLUDING HEADWATERS...TRIBUTARIES...AND OTHER STREAMS WITHIN AND NEAR THE SATSOP RIVER BASIN. $$