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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

807 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES AVON PARK...LAKE PLACID...SEBRING.



...UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR SPREADING ACROSS HIGHLANDS 

COUNTY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.  



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

  ARCHBOLD...VENUS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE ALONG HIGHWAYS 

70...27...AND 98...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 2722 8097 2754 8122 2763 8115 2765 8114

          2764 8157 2705 8156 2704 8128 2722 8116



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