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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

130 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS...SANIBEL.



...UNTIL 230 AM EDT.



  AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES INCHES PER HOUR JUST         

  OFFSHORE OF SANIBEL ISLAND...MOVING ONSHORE.



RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE GIVEN SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OVER 3 

INCHES SINCE 1130 PM. THE HEAVIEST BAND IS SLOWLY SHIFTING NORTHWARD 

AND WILL EFFECT SANIBEL ISLAND...PINE ISLAND...AND CAPE CORAL 

THROUGH 230 AM.



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. 



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LAT...LON 2653 8226 2637 8204 2676 8174 2676 8198



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