FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 348 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...CITRUS...DE SOTO...HARDEE...HERNANDO...HILLSBOROUGH...
MANATEE...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK...SARASOTA AND SUMTER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* A WIDESPREAD AREA OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND LIFTS OVER THE
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN
AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT RISES OF CREEKS
STREAMS AND RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AS WELL AS
THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
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.
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