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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

537 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES CLEARWATER...DUNEDIN...LARGO...PALM HARBOR...PINELLAS

  PARK...SAINT PETERSBURG...SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH...SEMINOLE...

  TARPON SPRINGS.



...UNTIL 7 PM EDT.



  AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM NEAR TARPON SPRINGS... 

SOUTH TO NEAR PINELLAS PARK... AND SAIT PETERSBURG.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY

COULD DROWN.



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