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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1145 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS EXTENDED THE



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA.



  LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BONITA SPRINGS...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS...LEHIGH

  ACRES.



...UNTIL 130 AM EDT.



AT 1145 PM EDT...AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN 

LEE COUNTY ONCE AGAIN.  THE AREA WILL CONTINUE INTO CHARLOTTE COUNTY 

BY 1230 AM.  RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING IN PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY 

RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...AND FELL ON PREVIOUSLY SATURATED 

GROUND.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 130 AM WILL EXACERBATE ANY 

ONGOING MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW 

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.  

STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.



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LAT...LON 2632 8167 2643 8157 2702 8157 2702 8226

          2693 8237 2666 8226 2666 8217 2657 8212

          2643 8212 2657 8207 2648 8202 2641 8190

          2643 8186 2634 8186



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