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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1050 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN

HIGHLANDS COUNTY...INCLUDING LAKE PLACID...



...UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.



...TRAVEL DISCOURAGED FOR HIGHWAYS 27 AND 70 NEAR LAKE PLACID AND 

PLACID LAKES...



AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH 

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY.  



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

 ARCHBOLD.



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.



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 2705 8147 2704 8133 2731 8125 2737 8143

          2718 8142



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