Expires:200901071738;;820615 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. WAC067-071738- /O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0022.090107T2022Z-090109T1441Z/ /DSRW1.2.ER.090107T2022Z.090108T1200Z.090109T0541Z.NO/ 239 AM PST WED JAN 07 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE DESCHUTES RIVER NEAR RAINIER * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 12:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 12 PM WEDNESDAY AND CREST NEAR 14.4 FEET AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 13.5 FEET...THE DESCHUTES RIVER WILL FLOOD RESIDENTIAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY COUGAR MOUNTAIN...DRIFTWOOD VALLEY...AND FALLING HORSESHOE. DOWNSTREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF TUMWATER VALLEY INCLUDING THE GOLF COURSE. MANY ROADS AND FARM LANDS WILL ALSO BE FLOODED. $$