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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

500 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON 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.  



AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE LITTLE 

THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL ENHANCE AFTERNOON SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION LIGHT STEERING FLOW 

WILL TRANSLATE INTO SLOW MOVING STORMS...MEANING SEVERAL AREAS WILL 

SEE FLOODING RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 

AFTERNOON HOURS EXCEPT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WHICH COULD SEE 

MORNING SHOWERS ALSO. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 TO 6 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL HELP SATURATE THE GROUND AND RAISE THE WATER LEVELS IN 

LAKES...RIVERS... AND SMALL STREAMS.



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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