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SOUTHERN LAKE-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

516 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR SOUTHERN

LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...



AT 520 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. SINCE 4 PM THIS EVENING NUMEROUS 

THUNDERSTORM HAVE MOVED NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY.  NWS 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WEST OF HIGHWAY 

27 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. JUST NORTH OF THE HEAVY RAIN AREA... A 

RAINFALL SPOTTER IN CLERMONT REPORTED ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES 

OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM.

 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA THIS EVENING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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