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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

100 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BRADENTON...PALMETTO.

  NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES SARASOTA.



...UNTIL 300 PM EDT.



  AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN MANATEE AND     

  SARASOTA COUNTIES TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRADENTON BEACH.       

  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO    

  INCHES PER HOUR ALONG COASTAL AREAS WITH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OVER 

  INLAND AREAS.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE 

PAST 6 HOURS OVER ANNA MARIA ISLAND AND 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE 

SARASOTA BRADENTON AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES RAIN IS 

LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ALONG THE COAST.  MANATEE COUNTY 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS AND 

INTERSECTIONS ARE FLOODED IN THE BRADENTON AREA AND ON ANNA MARIA 

ISLAND.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SHOWERS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 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. 

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