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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

353 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES TARPON SPRINGS...SAFETY HARBOR...PALM HARBOR...

  CLEARWATER.



...UNTIL 530 PM EDT.



  AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN 

  PINELLAS COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM CLEARWATER TO JUST EAST OF TARPON 

  SPRINGS.  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING    

  WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER    

  AMOUNTS.



FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING ROADS IS LIKELY OCCURRING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTE...BUT REMEMBER TO

NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.



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LAT...LON 2793 8266 2816 8265 2817 8278 2794 8284



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