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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1042 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...

POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE

AND LEE COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST TWELVE HOURS...ENDING

AT 10 PM THIS EVENING...SHOW RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO

MODERATE RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES FROM THE

TAMPA BAY AREAS SOUTHWARD. ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES FELL OVER CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS

COUNTIES. FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WERE REPORTED IN

THE BRANDON AND RIVERVIEW AREAS OF CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL...WITH

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEAST SARASOTA AND

DESOTO COUNTIES...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY.



THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE

COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE WATCH AREA. IN GENERAL...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH...BUT SOME ISOLATED

HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



FOR SUNDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE

IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5

INCHES WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT

PROPERTY...AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.



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