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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

840 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES WILLOW OAKS LAKELAND HIGHLANDS AND MEDULLA.



...UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



  AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER WESTERN

  POLK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15   

  MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES 

  IN THE WILLOW OAKS...LAKELAND HIGHLANDS...AND MEDULLA AREAS        

  DURING THE PAST HOUR. WITH THE STORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AN

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE

  STORMS BEFORE THEY DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS AND ROAD INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND 

ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING.



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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