Pinellas County, FL - Flood Advisory from 5:08AM EDT FRI until 6:45AM EDT FRI

ISSUED AT: August, 16 2019 at 5:08 AM US/Eastern
EXPIRES AT: August, 16 2019 at 6:45 AM US/Eastern

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CITRUS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA... PASCO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... HERNANDO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... PINELLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * UNTIL 645 AM EDT. * AT 507 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TAMPA, SPRING HILL, CLEARWATER, LARGO, PINELLAS PARK, PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, SEMINOLE, NEW PORT RICHEY, ZEPHYRHILLS, BROOKSVILLE, INVERNESS, DADE CITY, BUSHNELL, DOWNTOWN SAINT PETERSBURG, HUDSON, BEVERLY HILLS, HOLIDAY, HOMOSASSA SPRINGS AND SAINT PETERSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. &&