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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1015 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA.

  LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS...LEHIGH ACRES.



...UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



  AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE FALLEN 

OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA DURING THE PAST HOUR 

OR TWO.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY

COULD DROWN.



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LAT...LON 2635 8167 2644 8157 2702 8157 2702 8204

          2703 8224 2693 8234 2634 8184



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