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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

133 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



* UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING.



* AT 133 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 

LIGHT RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DURING THE REST OF THE 

AFTERNOON...LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH PERIODS OF 

HEAVIER RAIN POSSIBLE. WITH THIS AREA RECEIVING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF 

RAIN DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS 

AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



AT THE PRESENT TIME AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL SOME 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING  

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.



* EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT SEVEN 

RESIDENTIAL HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND EVACUATED ALONG HIGHWAY 17 

ALONG CHARLIE CREEK IN SOUTHEAST HARDEE COUNTY. IN ADDITION 14 

MOBILE HOMES WERE EVACUATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAUCHULA ON HIGHWAY 17.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ANY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT 

WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND 

SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE INUNDATED. 

RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN 

EYE ON WATER LEVELS...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS OR STREAMS.





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