| National Weather Service |
| Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin, Florida |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1010 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003
...RAIN...RAIN GO AWAY...
FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SUMMER...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SETUP
OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO CHANNELING DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA. THIS COMBINED WITH ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES MOVING
THROUGH THIS FLOW LED TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY OVER COASTAL
LOCATIONS.
FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION WHICH
CAUSED SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES. ALSO...DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD NATURE
OF THE RAIN...MANY RIVERS HAVE RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH MINOR
TO MODERATE FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS SEVEN DIFFERENT RIVER BASINS.
MANY LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAVE RECEIVED
OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS...OR SINCE MIDNIGHT
THURSDAY AUGUST 7TH. FORTUNATELY...THE PATTERN IS BEGINNING TO
CHANGE AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST...AND THIS
SHOULD LOWER THE CHANCES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND
RETURN THE AREA TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH MAINLY
SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL TOTALS FROM MIDNIGHT
AUGUST 7TH THROUGH 8 PM AUGUST 11TH AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA:
OBSERVING SITE COUNTY EVENT TOTAL
(INCHES)
...AIRPORTS...
SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTL MANATEE 7.40
TAMPA INTL HILLSBOROUGH 6.51
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE HILLSBOROUGH 6.30
ST PETE/CLEARWATER INTL PINELLAS 5.66
ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED PINELLAS 5.49
BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO CO HERNANDO 4.67
FORT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 3.45
LAKELAND LINDER POLK 3.16
PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 2.42
FORT MYERS/SW FLORIDA INTL LEE 2.26
...OTHERS...
BRADENTON 5 SE MANATEE 10.90
GULFPORT PINELLAS 9.97
ONECO MANATEE 9.85
SAWGRASS LAKE PINELLAS 8.04
WEST BRADENTON MANATEE 7.78
MYAKKA CITY MANATEE 7.24
PALMA SOLA MANATEE 7.21
VENICE SARASOTA 6.27
PINELLAS PARK PINELLAS 6.16
POINT LONESOME CHARLOTTE 5.94
ODESSA 3 S HILLSBOROUGH 5.90
RYE BRIDGE MANATEE 5.78
DUNEDIN PINELLAS 5.77
HOLIDAY 5 E PASCO 5.62
BRADENTON 5 ESE MANATEE 5.57
NORTH PORT SARASOTA 4.97
NOCATEE DESOTO 4.59
MASARYKTOWN 5 W HERNANDO 4.35
GOWERS CORNER 2 NW PASCO 4.15
CLEARWATER PINELLAS 4.00
RUSKIN/NWS HILLSBOROUGH 3.95
WIMAUMA HILLSBOROUGH 3.90
AVON PARK 2 W HIGHLANDS 3.75
MYAKKA HEAD MANATEE 3.74
GARDNER HARDEE 3.73
CHASSAHOWITZKA CITRUS 3.57
CRYSTAL RIVER 4 S CITRUS 3.57
BOWLING GREEN HARDEE 3.42
ARCADIA 8 WNW DESOTO 3.15
BROOKSVILLE 8 NNW HERNANDO 3.09
FORT MEADE POLK 2.95
ST LEO PASCO 2.82
TRILBY (WITHLACOOCHEE RVR) HERNANDO 2.80
DUETTE MANATEE 2.92
WAUCHULA 9 SW HARDEE 2.66
DADE CITY 10 E (GREEN SWAMP) SUMTER 2.64
FOUR CORNERS POLK 2.60
BROOKSVILLE CHIN HILL HERNANDO 2.49
PLANT CITY HILLSBOROUGH 2.43
ONA HARDEE 2.22
BARTOW POLK 2.22
INVERNESS 3 SE CITRUS 1.97
LAKE GIBSON POLK 1.97
PUNTA GORDA 8 NE CHARLOTTE 1.93
FORT OGDEN 14 E DESOTO 1.88
HOLDER (WITHLACOOCHEE RVR) CITRUS 1.84
MULBERRY POLK 1.76
OLGA (CALOOSAHATCHEE RVR) LEE 1.76
FLORAL CITY CITRUS 1.73
SAN ANTONIO PASCO 1.69
FORT OGDEN DESOTO 1.62
BONITA SPRINGS LEE 1.48
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