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WGUS72 KTBW 190133

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FLZ057-190230-



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

930 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  NORTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES AVON PARK...SEBRING.



...UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.



  AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS FROM SPRING LAKE TO JUST NORTHEAST OF SEBRING        

  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.  THE STORMS     

  WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 6       

  INCHES THROUGH 1030 PM.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE STATIONARY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



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LAT...LON 2762 8121 2738 8133 2749 8151 2764 8156



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