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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1230 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BROOKSVILLE.



...UNTIL 230 PM EDT.



THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY HAS BEEN 

EXTENDED UNTIL 230 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS 

AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER 

WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.  MOVEMENT 

WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



BROOKSVILLE AIRPORT HAS MEASURED 4.10 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 

SIX HOURS.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM BAYPORT TO ROYAL HIGHLANDS WITH RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 5 TO 7 INCHES.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

LIKELY IN WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



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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