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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 

1000 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 

IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA:





  CHARLOTTE.                       DESOTO.

  HARDEE.                          HIGHLANDS.

  HILLSBOROUGH.                    LEE.

  MANATEE.                         PINELLAS.

  POLK.                            SARASOTA.





INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCADIA...BARTOW...BRADENTON...BRANDON...

CAPE CORAL...CLEARWATER...FORT MYERS...LAKELAND...PORT CHARLOTTE...

PUNTA GORDA...SARASOTA...SEBRING...TAMPA...VENICE AND WINTER HAVEN.



A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE 

TO BRING HEAVY RAIN AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND

PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. 



THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN RAINFALL THIS MORNING...HOWEVER

HEAVIER BANDS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS 

AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL 

COUNTIES OF...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...HARDEE...AND 

HIGHLANDS. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36

HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO

PROTECT PROPERTY.



RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AS WELL AS

THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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