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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

345 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BRADENTON...PALMETTO.

  SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH.



...UNTIL 500 PM EDT.



  AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORMS          

  PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



  ALSO...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED MINOR               

  FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF BRADENTON.



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

  ANNA MARIA ISLAND...BRADENTON BEACH...PASS A GRILLE.



FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING ROADS IS LIKELY OCCURRING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTE...BUT REMEMBER TO

NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.



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LAT...LON 2771 8260 2744 8246 2744 8273 2782 8290

          2784 8276



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