000 NOUS42 KTBW 200233 PNSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-201200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1030 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...FEAST OR FAMINE... THANKS TO THE PATH OF TROPICAL STORM FAY SOME PORTIONS OF THE AREA RECEIVED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN...WHILE OTHERS RECEIVED LITTLE IF ANY. THE HEAVIEST WIDESPREAD RAINS IN OUR AREA FELL FROM LEE COUNTY NORTHEAST ALONG THE PATH OF FAY THROUGH HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND NATURE COAST MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OCCURRED WITH ONLY SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE STORM FROM 8 PM MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM TODAY AT SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: STORM TOTAL OBSERVING SITE COUNTY RAINFALL (INCHES) ...AIRPORTS... FORT MYERS/SOUTHWEST INTL LEE 5.00 FORT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 4.20 BARTOW AWOS POLK 3.69* PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 1.83 WINTER HAVEN/GILBERT FIELD POLK 1.50* MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE HILLSBOROUGH TRACE ST PETE/CLEARWATER INTL PINELLAS TRACE ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED PINELLAS TRACE TAMPA INTL HILLSBOROUGH TRACE LAKELAND LINDER POLK 0.15 BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO CO HERNANDO 0.10 SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTL MANATEE 0.00 ...OTHERS... AVON PARK BOMB RANGE (SFWMD) HIGHLANDS 7.19* LORIDA - MCARTHUR PROP (SFWMD) HIGHLANDS 6.66* AVON PARK 0.8 E (COCORAHS) HIGHLANDS 5.89* TICK ISLAND (SFWMD) POLK 5.71* FLINT PEN STRAND (SFWMD) LEE 5.43* SEBRING (SFWMD) HIGHLANDS 5.21* CORKSCREW SWAMP (SFWMD) LEE 4.87 INDIAN PRAIRIE (SFWMD) HIGHLANDS 4.73* VENUS (SFWMD) HIGHLANDS 4.66* PUNTA GORDA 8 NE (USGS) CHARLOTTE 2.39 FORT MEADE (PEACE RIVER) POLK 1.99* BARTOW (PEACE RIVER) POLK 1.47* NORTH PORT (USGS) SARASOTA 0.56 * STILL RAINING -------------------------------------------------------------------- WINDS ALSO VARIED ACROSS THE REGION WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REPORTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. LISTED BELOW ARE SOME OF THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS OBSERVING SITE COUNTY SUSTAINED GUST (MPH) (MPH) ...AIRPORTS... FORT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 39 48 FORT MYERS/SOUTHWEST INTL LEE 38 47 PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 37 47 MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE HILLSBOROUGH 18 35 ST PETE/CLEARWATER INTL PINELLAS 22 32 ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED PINELLAS 30 36 TAMPA INTL HILLSBOROUGH 24 31 TAMPA - VANDENBURG HILLSBOROUGH 20 28 LAKELAND LINDER POLK 21 28 BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO CO HERNANDO 24 33 WINTER HAVEN/GILBERT FIELD POLK 30 39 SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTL MANATEE 25 32 BARTOW POLK 26 35 TAMPA - PETER O' KNIGHT HILLSBOROUGH 23 30 ...OTHER OBSERVING SITES... BIG CARLOS PASS (COMPS) LEE 43 54 FORT MYERS (COOPS) LEE 30 45 C-CUT (PORTS) TAMPA BAY 35 43 FRED HOWARD PARK (COMPS) PINELLAS 25 41 ANNA MARIA (COMPS) MANATEE 30 39 VENICE (CMAN) SARASOTA 31 38 PORT MANATEE (PORTS) MANATEE 29 36 PORT OF TAMPA (PORTS) HILLSBOROUGH 25 36 EGMONT KEY (PORTS) TAMPA BAY 28 35 NAVY 2 (C10 - COMPS) GULF - 20W OF 28 33 NEW PASS, SARASOTA CEDAR KEY (CMAN) LEVY 26 33 HOMOSASSA (COMPS) CITRUS 24 33 OLD PORT TAMPA (PORTS) HILLSBOROUGH 25 32 CLEARWATER BEACH (COOPS) PINELLAS 28 35 ARIPEKA (COMPS) PASCO 19 29 PORT RICHEY (COMPS) PASCO 19 29 SEBRING (HIGHLANDS EOC) HIGHLANDS 54 FROSTPROOF FAWN POLK 49 ARCADIA FAWN DESOTO 42 SEBRING FAWN HIGHLANDS 37 BROOKSVILLE FAWN HERNANDO 34 NORTH PORT FAWN SARASOTA 34 BALM FAWN HILLSBOROUGH 33 LAKE ALFRED FAWN POLK 30 BRONSON FAWN LEVY 29 ONA FAWN HARDEE 26 DOVER FAWN HILLSBOROUGH 23 FOR MORE CLIMATE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY AND THEN CLICK ON THE LOCAL LINK IN THE CLIMATE SECTION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE. $$ PRC