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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

624 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES WAUCHULA.

  DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES ARCADIA.



...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



  AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE HARDEE AND DESOTO COUNTIES AND 

MOVING VERY LITTLE.



RESIDENTS OF FT GREEN...FT GREEN SPRINGS ALONG PAYNES CREEK AND ITS 

BRANCHES...BRUSHY CREEK...UPPER HORSE CREEK...VANDOLAH...HICKORY 

CREEK...OAK CREEK...LIMESTONE CREEK...THE TOWNS OF 

LIMESTONE...BRIDGES...FORT OGDEN ALONG BUZZARD ROOST BRANCH SHOULD 

WATCH FOR RISING WATERS. 



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.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY

COULD DROWN.



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LAT...LON 2706 8204 2708 8164 2764 8170 2764 8204



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