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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

327 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



...UNTIL 500 PM EDT.



  AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF PASCO

  COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING LITTLE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

  THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF STATE ROAD

  52 IN NORTHERN PASCO COUNTY...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VICINITY

  OF LAND O LAKES AND GOWERS CORNER.



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.



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