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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 

750 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...BUT NUISANCE PROBLEMS 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...



AT 750 PM EDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED IN HARDEE COUNTY.  

RECENT INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER 

INDICATED OVER A DOZEN ROADS REMAINED CLOSED OR UNDER WATER.  THESE 

WERE THE SAME ROADS NOTED ON MONDAY...BUT MORE PROBLEMS MAY BE 

OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 NEAR ZOLFO 

SPRINGS.



THOUGH THE RAINS WILL END BEFORE 9 PM...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE 

LIKELY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE 

REQUIRED GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS EXPECTED 

TO DEVELOP.



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.



RAPID RISING STREAMS WILL BRIEFLY EXCEED THEIR BANKS. 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 2735 8203 2736 8157 2764 8157 2764 8203



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