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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

532 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



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

COUNTY...INCLUDING WINTER HAVEN...LAKELAND...POLK CITY...AND 

FROSTPROOF...



...UNTIL 615 PM EDT.



...RAIN TAPERING OFF BUT MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS 

STILL POSSIBLE...



AT 530 PM EDT...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF POLK COUNTY.  

HEAVIER SHOWERS HAVE MOVED TO THE NORTH AND WEST.  AS OF 520 

PM...1.82 INCHES HAD FALLEN AT GILBERT AIRPORT IN WINTER HAVEN.



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 MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED THEIR BANKS. THIS COULD 

CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IF NECESSARY.



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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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