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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1133 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES WAUCHULA AND BOWLING GREEN.



...UNTIL 100 PM EDT.



  AT 1133 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL AND       

NORTHERN HARDEE COUNTY. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR BETWEEN WAUCHULA AND BOWLING GREEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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. $$



LAT...LON 2758 8191 2746 8174 2751 8162 2764 8180



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