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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1125 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BRANDON...LUTZ...TAMPA...TEMPLE TERRACE.

  PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES CLEARWATER...DUNEDIN...LARGO...PALM HARBOR...PINELLAS

  PARK...SAINT PETERSBURG...SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH...SEMINOLE...

  TARPON SPRINGS.



...UNTIL 130 PM EDT.



  AT 1125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM     

  ST PETERSBURG TO RUSKIN AND NORTH TO MAC DILL AIR FORCE BASE.  THE 

  SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF  

  2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW 

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY

COULD DROWN.



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LAT...LON 2816 8287 2767 8287 2766 8224 2815 8213



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