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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

450 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 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...POLK CITY...AND FROSTPROOF.



...UNTIL 615 PM EDT.



AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR EXTENDING FROM POLK 

CITY THROUGH WINTER HAVEN TO WEST OF FROSTPROOF.  AT GILBERT AIRPORT 

IN WINTER HAVEN...NEARLY ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN IN 45 

MINUTES.



STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WHERE HEAVIEST RAINS 

CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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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