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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

505 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY 

EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST 

FLORIDA...



 LEVY.                   CITRUS.

 HERNANDO.               SUMTER.

 PASCO.                  PINELLAS.

 HILLSBOROUGH.           MANATEE.

 SARASOTA.               CHARLOTTE.

 LEE.                    POLK.

 HARDEE.                 DESOTO.

 HIGHLANDS.   



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

TAMPA...SPRING HILL...SEBRING...NEW PORT RICHEY...LAKELAND...

INVERNESS...CLEARWATER...CHIEFLAND...BROOKSVILLE...BRANDON... 

BRADENTON...BARTOW...VENICE...SARASOTA...PUNTA GORDA...PORT 

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



AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL 

FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT  

MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BUT LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY...WITH

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.



ON SUNDAY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WERE POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...AND EXTREME 

EASTERN PASCO COUNTIES. SINCE FRIDAY...RADAR AND SURFACE 

OBSERVATIONS INDICATE BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOME OF 

THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS 3 TO  

5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS

AS WELL AS THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.



THE RAINS HAVE CAUSED A GRADUAL INCREASE IN RIVER LEVELS OVER 

INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS...

SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE PEACE...MANATEE...AND MYAKKA BASINS. SMALL 

STREAM FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HARDEE COUNTY 

EARLY THIS MORNING...WHICH HAS PROMPTED SOME ROAD CLOSURES...BUT NO 

HOMES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.  



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 

HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO 

PROTECT PROPERTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS 

FLOWING WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. 



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

THOSE LIVING NEAR RIVERS...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATERS LEVELS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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

AND FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.



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