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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1010 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...



  CHARLOTTE.                       CITRUS.

  DESOTO.                          HARDEE.

  HERNANDO.                        HIGHLANDS.

  HILLSBOROUGH.                    LEE.

  LEVY.                            MANATEE.

  PASCO.                           PINELLAS.

  POLK.                            SARASOTA.

  SUMTER.



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

TAMPA...SPRING HILL...SEBRING...SARASOTA...PUNTA GORDA...PORT

CHARLOTTE...NEW PORT RICHEY...LAKELAND...INVERNESS...FORT MYERS...

CLEARWATER...CHIEFLAND...CAPE CORAL...BROOKSVILLE...BRANDON...

BRADENTON...BARTOW AND ARCADIA.



...A LULL OVERNIGHT...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TUESDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LESS WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE MONDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.   LITTLE RAIN FELL ACROSS THE NATURE COAST.

RAINFALL AVERAGED LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH IN THE TAMPA BAY REGION...

AND ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.  THE ONLY EXCEPTION

WAS IN SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE

OBSERVATIONS INDICATED 4 TO 6 INCHES FELL NEAR LAUREL AND NOKOMIS.



MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY

EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT 5 PM MONDAY...HARDEE COUNTY REPORTED A

DOZEN ROADS UNDER WATER AND A HALF DOZEN MORE CLOSED...PRIMARILY OVER

THE EASTERN HALF...DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SMALL STREAM AND POOR

DRAINAGE FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OCCURRED MONDAY AFTERNOON IN

WESTERN HARDEE COUNTY...BUT NO RAIN FELL EAST OF HIGHWAY 17.



SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT...WITH LITTLE

OR NO ADDITIONAL RAIN.



THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING MAY INCREASE WEDNESDAY

INTO THURSDAY. THE POSSIBILITY REMAINS FOR LOCALLY 5 TO 10 INCHES

BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.



SEVERAL RIVERS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF TAMPA BAY REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD

STAGE.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD INCREASE THE SEVERITY OF THE

FLOODING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR

CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT

LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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

AND POSSIBLE FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.



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