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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1255 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



 ...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CHARLOTTE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...



...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR MANATEE COUNTY...INCLUDING

BRADENTON...PALMETTO...



...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SARASOTA COUNTY...INCLUDING

ENGLEWOOD...NORTH PORT...VENICE...SARASOTA



...UNTIL 200 AM EST.



AT 1250 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF 

OF MEXICO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...WILL 

PRODUCE LOCAL RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



RAINFALL THUS FAR HAS RANGED FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...AND LOCAL TOTALS 

BY 2 AM MAY APPROACH 8 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN EARLY THURSDAY 

AFTERNOON.  SHOULD THE CLUSTERS CONTINUE...FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE 

REQUIRED TOWARD THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



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LAT...LON 2750 8271 2681 8230 2681 8216 2694 8216

          2690 8208 2679 8208 2678 8157 2702 8157

          2704 8205 2706 8205 2709 8205 2710 8206

          2764 8206 2765 8253



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