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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

220 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



...UNTIL 515 AM EDT.



  THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARDEE COUNTY SUNDAY EVENING PRODUCED VERY      

  HEAVY RAINS WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF    

  RAIN IN A FEW HOURS...



  AT 200 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN         

  ZOLFO SPRINGS...WAUCHULA...AND ON HIGHWAY 64 NEAR OLD TOWN CREEK   

  ROAD. SEVERAL CREEKS IN NORTHEAST HARDEE COUNTY HAVE EXCEEDED      

  THEIR BANKS AND MOVING WATER COVERS THE ROAD ON COUNTY LINE ROAD   

  BETWEEN MAUD ROAD AND OLD TOWN CREEK ROAD...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES  

  IN THESE AREAS.



  

RAPID RISING STREAMS WILL EXCEED THEIR BANKS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING OF NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN THESE AREAS 

SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS AND BE READY TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. LOW WATER BRIDGES MAY BRIEFLY 

BECOME IMPASSABLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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LAT...LON 2765 8160 2754 8160 2738 8160 2735 8204

          2764 8204



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