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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1215 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS.



...UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



  AT 1215 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CAPE CORAL PRODUCING           

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 

  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM.  



  AT 1210 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZE  

  HAIL IN CAPE CORAL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF         

  PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW

EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.



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LAT...LON 2670 8171 2639 8166 2646 8201 2673 8205



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