I feel like a news distribution network here. Heh. Some updated (and elevated) warnings:
Severe weather alert from the national weather service
...hurricane charley local statement national weather service tampa bay area - ruskin fl 1138 pm edt thu aug 12 2004
... Intensifying hurricane charley may be a dangerous threat to the suncoast friday...
... Hurricane warnings for the entire west central and southwest florida coastal area...
... The inland hurricane wind watch has been upgraded to a inland hurricane wind warning for west central florida.
... A flood watch is in effect for all of west central and southwest florida...
... A tornado watch is in effect for charlotte and lee counties...
A hurricane warning has been issued for the following locations in west central and southwest florida: Citrus charlotte de soto hernando hillsborough lee levy manatee pasco pinellas sarasota including... The coastal waters from bonita beach to the mouth of the suwannee river... Charlotte harbor and tampa bay.
An inland hurricane wind warning is in effect for the following locations in west central florida: Hardee highlands polk sumter
The rest was pretty much the same as before. Things like it being a warning rather then just a watch though have changed.
Also, there's the following flood alerts now being posted as well:
Severe weather alert from the national weather service
...flood watch national weather service tampa bay area - ruskin fl 1010 pm edt thu aug 12 2004
... The flood watch remains in effect until 500 pm edt saturday afternoon. The watch continues for the following counties...
Charlotte... Citrus... De soto... Hardee... Hernando... Highlands... Hillsborough... Lee... Levy... Manatee... Pasco... Pinellas... Polk... Sarasota and sumter.
Some cities in the watch include...
Arcadia... Bartow... Bradenton... Brandon... Brooksville... Cape coral... Chiefland... Clearwater... Clearwater beach... Fort myers... Inverness... Lakeland... New port richey... Port charlotte... Punta gorda... Sarasota... Sebring... Spring hill... Tampa... Venice... Winter haven and zephyrhills.
... Synopsis... Hurricane charley will move into the eastern gulf of mexico late tonight and then move across west central and southwest florida on friday and friday night. Hurricane warnings have been issued from bonita beach in lee county to bayport in hernando county. A hurricane watch remains in effect from bayport to the suwannee river in levy county.
Rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches are expected with hurricane charley. This additional rainfall will aggravate already saturated ground conditions across much of west central and southwest florida. Moderate river flooding as well as moderate urban flooding is possible.
A flood watch means flooding is possible during the next 24 to 36 hours. Residents living in flood prone areas... As well as those living near small streams and creeks... Should take action to protect property and be prepared to move to higher ground.
Stay tuned to noaa weather radio and other local media for updates and possible warnings.
Ugh. 4-8 inches of rain. We don't need it right now I can assure you. Hopefully, since we're not around any lakes or rivers we should be ok. But I can certainly see many residental neighborhoods flooding not to mention the major North-South route of US Hwy 19 which always badly collects water. Could make any last-minute or unexpected evacuations a real nightmare. Not to mention people who'd need to cross a bridge to get inland. Eep.
It's still really, really calm outside. I think we're going to watch a movie. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead actually came on one of the Showtime channels last night (what...? something on the pay movie channel we actually want to see? How freaky is that?) so I recorded it. It's been years and years since I've seen it so I'm looking forward to it.
That's it for now!
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