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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

540 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR POLK

COUNTY...INCLUDING WINTER HAVEN...LAKELAND...LAKE WALES...HAINES 

CITY...AND FROSTPROOF...



...UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



...TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE ALONG I 4 CORRIDOR NEAR LAKELAND...



AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR ALONG THE I 4 CORRIDOR 

BETWEEN LAKELAND AND GIBSONIA...INCLUDING KATHLEEN.  OTHER HEAVY 

RAINS CONTINUE NEAR HAINES CITY AND FARTHER SOUTH BETWEEN LAKE WALES 

AND FROSTPROOF.



GILBERT AIRPORT AT WINTER HAVEN HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN JUST OVER AN HOUR.  



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 2816 8206 2825 8210

          2831 8205 2836 8180 2833 8166 2826 8165

          2826 8156 2815 8152 2807 8144 2807 8135

          2800 8140



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