{"id":72530,"date":"2024-09-25T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/?p=72530"},"modified":"2024-09-25T13:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:48:56","slug":"flood-watch-issued-for-polk-county-for-this-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/flood-watch-issued-for-polk-county-for-this-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Watch Issued for Polk County For This Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Polk County:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severity: Severe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significant threat to life or property<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather Event Onset<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:00 PM (EDT), September 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flood Watch continues for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Portions of southwest Florida and west central Florida, including the following areas, in southwest Florida, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee, Inland Charlotte, and Inland Lee. In west central Florida, Coastal Citrus, Coastal Hernando, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Levy, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Pasco, Coastal Sarasota, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Inland Citrus, Inland Hernando, Inland Hillsborough, Inland Levy, Inland Manatee, Inland Pasco, Inland Sarasota, Pinellas, Polk, and Sumter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* From 8 PM EDT this evening through Friday morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* WHEN…From this evening through Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action Recommended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make preparations per the Description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urgency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take action in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affected Area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issued By<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Weather Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Polk County: Severity: Severe Significant threat to life or property Weather Event Onset 8:00 PM (EDT), September 25 Description The Flood Watch continues for * Portions of southwest Florida and west central Florida, including the following areas, in southwest Florida, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee, Inland Charlotte, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":72528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[157,516,158,517,127,125,126,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-72530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-flood","9":"tag-flood-watch","10":"tag-flooding","11":"tag-hurr","12":"tag-national-weather-service","13":"tag-weather","14":"tag-weather-alert","15":"tag-weather-update"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/7856a773-32a2-48bd-b7ae-5065e1a16a46-1.png?fit=2000%2C1280&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t