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WGUS72 KTBW 200318

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FLZ057-200400-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1117 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS EXTENDED AN



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES LAKE PLACID.



...UNTIL 1200 AM EDT.



AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 

COUNTY.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED AT LEAST 4 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 70 AND 27 NEAR PLACID 

LAKES.  



THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO LET UP TOWARD MIDNIGHT.



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

  ARCHBOLD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



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 2715 8154 2704 8138 2727 8124 2733 8143



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