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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

450 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES SARASOTA.



...UNTIL 615 PM EDT.



  AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF THREE  

  INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS SARASOTA COUNTY.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2  

  TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6    

  PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AS WELL AS MANY INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



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LAT...LON 2705 8224 2737 8230 2737 8259 2704 8245



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