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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

455 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER...

HERNANDO...AND PASCO COUNTIES.



...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...





  PINELLAS.                       HARDEE.

  HILLSBOROUGH.                   DESOTO.

  MANATEE.                        HIGHLANDS.

  SARASOTA.                    

  CHARLOTTE.

  LEE.

  POLK.                            

 

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTER HAVEN...VENICE...TAMPA...SEBRING...

SARASOTA...PUNTA GORDA...PORT CHARLOTTE...LAKELAND...FORT MYERS...

CLEARWATER...CAPE CORAL...BRANDON...BRADENTON...BARTOW AND ARCADIA.



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF INTERIOR WEST 

CENTRAL FLORIDA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS 

FELL ACROSS POLK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES FELL NEAR 

LAKELAND WINTER HAVEN...AND HAINES CITY. FOUR OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN 

ALSO FELL IN CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEAR BRANDON...AS WELL AS 

IN RURAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY.



AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL 

CONTINUE TO ENHANCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION 

TODAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ALONG AND SOUTH OF TAMPA TO LAKELAND LINE. AS WAS 

THE CASE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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

THOSE LIVING ALONG RIVERS...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD BE 

ALERT TO RAPID RISES IN WATERS LEVELS TODAY...AND BE PREPARED TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 

HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO 

PROTECT PROPERTY.



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

AND POSSIBLE FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.



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