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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

258 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BRANDON...PLANT CITY...TAMPA...TEMPLE TERRACE.



...UNTIL 400 PM EDT.



  AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.



  WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR    

  AND A HALF. THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED MINOR FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 60  

  FROM SOUTH OF PLANT CITY TO BRANDON.



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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LAT...LON 2804 8207 2765 8207 2765 8254 2791 8255

          2805 8264



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