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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1005 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY 

EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...



  CHARLOTTE.                       SARASOTA.

  DESOTO.                          LEE.



INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VENICE...SARASOTA...PUNTA GORDA...PORT 

CHARLOTTE...FORT MYERS...CAPE CORAL...AND ARCADIA.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH FOR MONDAY 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL 

FLORIDA...



                          

  HERNANDO.                        HIGHLANDS.

  HILLSBOROUGH.                    HARDEE.

  LEVY.                            MANATEE.

  PASCO.                           PINELLAS.

  POLK.                            CITRUS.

  SUMTER.





INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZEPHYRHILLS...WINTER 

HAVEN...TAMPA...SPRING HILL...SEBRING...NEW PORT 

RICHEY...LAKELAND...INVERNESS...CLEARWATER...CHIEFLAND... 

BROOKSVILLE...BRANDON...BRADENTON...BARTOW.



OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE 

OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL WILL BE 

HEAVIEST NEAR THE COAST TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...INCLUDING THE 

BARRIER ISLANDS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF CAPE CORAL AND FORT MYERS.  

THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON.



ELSEWHERE...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ONCE AGAIN THIS 

AFTERNOON.  THE HARDEST HIT AREAS CONTINUE TO BE 

POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...AND EXTREME EASTERN PASCO COUNTY.  SINCE 

FRIDAY...RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE BETWEEN 7 AND 10 

INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.



THE RAINS HAVE CAUSED A GRADUAL INCREASE IN RIVER LEVELS OVER 

INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE 

PEACE...MANATEE...AND MYAKKA BASINS.  SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN EXTREME EASTERN HARDEE COUNTY SUNDAY EVENING...WHICH 

AFFECTED A FEW HOMES.  



OTHER HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS THE NATURE COAST...BUT RIVERS AND 

STREAMS REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW DUE TO SOMEWHAT LOWER RAINFALL THE 

PAST FEW DAYS.  



ANOTHER ROUND OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS 

MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.



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

THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

AND FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.



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