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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...EXTENSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

627 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS EXTENDED A



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



  HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  THIS INCLUDES WAUCHULA.



...UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



MODERATE RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HARDEE COUNTY 

AT 630 PM.  THESE RAINS WILL GRADUALLY SLACKEN THROUGH MID EVENING. 

HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR AND 

JUST SOUTH OF ZOLFO SPRINGS...AN AREA WHERE SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

HAD BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.



POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HIGH WATERS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 

730...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER THE RAINS END.



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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