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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

930 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2001



...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH 

COUNTY...INCLUDING LUTZ...TEMPLE TERRACE...CARROLLWOOD



...UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.



AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE SHIFTED SOUTHWARD...AND 

NOW AFFECT RIVERVIEW THROUGH GIBSONTON...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 75.



MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...AND AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 10 AM...PROLONGING ANY 

MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS WHICH CURRENTLY EXIST.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 2798 8251 2793 8232 2812 8226 2813 8254



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