Expires:200901071738;;820614 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. WAC041-053-071738- /O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0021.090107T1834Z-090109T2355Z/ /NISW1.3.ER.090107T1834Z.090108T1200Z.090109T1455Z.NR/ 239 AM PST WED JAN 07 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NISQUALLY RIVER NEAR NATIONAL * FROM THIS MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 2:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 11 AM WEDNESDAY AND CREST NEAR 12.3 FEET AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 11.9 FEET...THE NISQUALLY RIVER WILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE RIVER FROM MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK DOWNSTREAM TO ALDER LAKE. DEEP AND SWIFT FLOOD WATERS WILL INUNDATE ROADS...PASTURE LANDS...AND FARMS. THE RIVER WILL LIKELY OVERTOP SOME LEVEES. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALL ALONG THE RIVER INCLUDING HEADWATERS...TRIBUTARIES...AND OTHER STREAMS WITHIN AND NEAR THE NISQUALLY RIVER BASIN. $$