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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

517 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BARTOW...LAKE WALES.

  EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES BRANDON.



...UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BRANDON IN 

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO BARTOW IN POLK COUNTY.  THE LINE WAS MOVING 

LITTLE.  RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN 

INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THE LINE...PARTICULARLY AROUND BRANDON AND 

BETWEEN MULBERRY AND BARTOW.



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

  BLOOMINGDALE...LAKELAND HIGHLANDS.



FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING ROADS IS LIKELY OCCURRING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTE...BUT REMEMBER TO

NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.



RAPID RISING STREAMS WILL EXCEED THEIR BANKS BY UP TO 1 FOOT. THIS

WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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LAT...LON 2793 8160 2799 8239 2783 8231 2774 8159

          2783 8155



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