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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

517 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED AN



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES WAUCHULA.



...UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR STRETCHING ACROSS HARDEE 

COUNTY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE 

APPROACHING SATURATED NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  



OVER A DOZEN ROADS HAVE OR HAD BEEN CLOSED AND OR UNDERWATER DUE TO 

POOR DRAINAGE AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING SINCE SUNDAY EVENING.  THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL EXACERBATE AREAS WHERE MINOR FLOODING 

CONTINUES.



CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING.



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

  ZOLFO SPRINGS...ONA.



RAPID RISING STREAMS WILL EXCEED THEIR BANKS BY UP TO 1 FOOT. THIS

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

GROUND. LOW WATER BRIDGES MAY BRIEFLY BECOME IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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LAT...LON 2764 8205 2764 8157 2735 8157 2734 8205



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