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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

530 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BUSHNELL.

  EASTERN HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES CROOM.



...UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



  AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN HERNANDO COUNTY     

  EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY. DOPPLER RAINFALL   

  RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE CROOM

  AREA IN EASTERN HERNANDO COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO BUSHNELL

  IN CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW 

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING. RESIDENTS ALONG RIVERS OR FASTER FLOWING

STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS...AND BE 

READY

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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.



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LAT...LON 2860 8233 2844 8226 2869 8199 2882 8209



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