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WGUS82 KTBW 010149
FLSTBW
FLC027-115-011600-
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 
906 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MYAKKA RIVER 
AT THE MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK...AND HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA.

ANOTHER ATLANTIC TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE FLORIDA EAST COAST 
WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF WATERS ON SUNDAY NIGHT ENHANCING 
THE CHANGES OF RAINS AGAIN TOMORROW OVER THE WATER BASINS...FOLLOWED 
BY ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE PENINSULA
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THESE EASTERLY WAVES WILL SUSTAIN HIGH PROSPECTS 
FOR DAILY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THE MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA ST. PARK, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURING, 
WITH A STAGE OF 7.4 FEET MEASURED AT 7 PM SATURDAY.  AT 7 FEET, 
TRAILS, PICNIC AREAS, AND PARKING LOTS FLOOD.  

FOR THE HORSE CREEK NEAR ARCADIA, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURING, WITH 
A STAGE OF 12.1 FEET MEASURED AT 7 PM SATURDAY.  MINOR FLOODING IS 
FORECAST, WITH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 12.1 FEET AT 2 AM SUNDAY, WHICH 
IS 0.1 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE STAGE EXCEEDED THE FLOOD STAGE 
OF 12.0 FEET AT 3 PM FRIDAY...AND IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD 
STAGE AT 5 AM SUNDAY.  AT 12.0 FEET, ACCESS ROAD TO HIDDEN ACRES 
ARE IMPASSABLE.  

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY 
LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

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             FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 8AM     
LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY TIME    SAT    SUN    MON

MYAKKA
 MYAKKA ST.    7   7.4 SAT 07 PM   7.4    7.3    7.3

HORSE CREEK
 ARCADIA      12  12.1 SAT 07 PM  11.9   10.9   10.4