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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1000 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR  

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...





  CHARLOTTE.                       CITRUS.

  DESOTO.                          HARDEE.

  HERNANDO.                        HIGHLANDS.

  HILLSBOROUGH.                    LEE.

  LEVY.                            MANATEE.

  PASCO.                           PINELLAS.

  POLK.                            SARASOTA.

  SUMTER.





INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZEPHYRHILLS...WINTER HAVEN...VENICE...

TAMPA...SPRING HILL...SEBRING...SARASOTA...PUNTA GORDA...PORT

CHARLOTTE...NEW PORT RICHEY...LAKELAND...INVERNESS...FORT MYERS...

CLEARWATER...CHIEFLAND...CAPE CORAL...BROOKSVILLE...BRANDON...

BRADENTON...BARTOW AND ARCADIA.



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF INTERIOR WEST 

CENTRAL FLORIDA FRIDAY EVENING.  MUCH OF POLK COUNTY...GENERALLY 

EAST OF A LAKELAND TO BARTOW LINE...RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN.  OTHER HEAVY RAIN AREAS INCLUDED NORTHERN HARDEE AND 

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY.  THE PEACE RIVER WILL LIKELY RISE A BIT 

OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  



ELSEWHERE...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MORE ISOLATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  

HOWEVER...THE THREAT CONTINUES FOR LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS EACH 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING THIS WEEKEND.



RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AS WELL AS 

THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

MONITOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES 

AND POSSIBLE FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.



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FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW



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