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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1100 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...

POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE

AND LEE.



TROPICAL STORM BARRY OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST TO

MOVE SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF TODAY. AS THIS OCCURS...

TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST

CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST.



RAINFALL TOTALS ON THURSDAY WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES

ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLOOD WATCH AREA WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS

JUST OFFSHORE.



WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH PERIODIC HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

WILL AFFECT THE FLOOD WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MANY AREAS MAY

RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...HOWEVER A FEW

LOCATIONS WITH REPEATED DOWNPOURS MAY RECEIVE UP TO THREE TO FIVE

INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING TO DEVELOP. IF FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT...FLOOD WARNINGS

WILL BE ISSUED.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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