FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 412 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM SARASOTA NORTHWARD TO LEVY... .A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. BANDS OF RAINFALL TO THE EAST OF THIS LOW ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE COASTAL AREAS OF WESTERN FLORIDA. WHERE THESE BANDS SET UP...THE RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO BE HEAVY IN NATURE WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE FLORIDA WEST COAST...HOWEVER UNCERTAINLY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESENTS A MODERATE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF WESTERN FLORIDA. PINELLAS-COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO- COASTAL PASCO-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE- COASTAL SARASOTA-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS-INLAND HERNANDO- INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE-INLAND SARASOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETERSBURG...CLEARWATER...LARGO... CEDAR KEY...YANKEETOWN...CRYSTAL RIVER...HOMOSASSA... HERNANDO BEACH...BAYPORT...PORT RICHEY...HUDSON...TAMPA... APOLLO BEACH...WESTCHASE...BRADENTON...ANNA MARIA ISLAND... VENICE...SARASOTA...ENGLEWOOD...CHIEFLAND...BRONSON...WILLISTON... INVERNESS...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...DADE CITY...ZEPHYRHILLS... BRANDON...PLANT CITY...SUN CITY CENTER...PARRISH... LAKEWOOD RANCH...MYAKKA CITY...NORTH PORT ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM SARASOTA NORTHWARD TO LEVY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF FL AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN FL...COASTAL ...CITRUS...COASTAL HERNANDO...COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH...COASTAL LEVY...COASTAL MANATEE...COASTAL PASCO...COASTAL SARASOTA...INLAND CITRUS... INLAND HERNANDO...INLAND HILLSBOROUGH...INLAND LEVY...INLAND MANATEE...INLAND PASCO AND INLAND SARASOTA. IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...PINELLAS. * FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. BANDS OF RAINFALL TO THE EAST OF THIS LOW ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE COASTAL AREAS OF WESTERN FLORIDA. WHERE THESE BANDS SET UP...THE RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO BE HEAVY IN NATURE WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE FLORIDA WEST COAST...HOWEVER UNCERTAINLY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESENTS A MODERATE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF WESTERN FLORIDA. * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY CREATE FLOODING OF STREETS...URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE EXACERBATED ON RIVERS CURRENTLY NEAR OR IN FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
