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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

500 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES WINTER HAVEN...LAKELAND...LAKE WALES...HAINES CITY...

  AND FROSTPROOF.



...UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



AT 5 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR ALONG A PATH FROM LAKELAND 

TO WINTER HAVEN...BEARING SOUTH THROUGH LAKE WALES AND FROSTPROOF.  

THE LINE OF STORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS 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 2765 8114 2765 8205 2840 8205 2842 8196

          2835 8196 2833 8166 2826 8165 2826 8156

          2815 8152 2807 8144 2807 8135 2800 8140

          2783 8127 2776 8117



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