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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

915 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARDEE COUNTY...



...UNTIL 500 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING.



...AT 900 PM THURSDAY NIGHT HARDEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS   

   CALLED FOR VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF ALL LOW LYING AREAS AND      

   SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AT THIS TIME.



AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COUNTY WIDE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. AT THE PRESENT TIME AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS BANDS OF SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH 

FLORIDA PENINSULA.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR...IN THE WARNED

AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND HOMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW 

LYING AREAS...WILL BECOME INUNDATED...AND LIVESTOCK MAY BE LOST.. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A 

FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO HIGHER TERRAIN.



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LAT...LON 2763 8158 2736 8159 2734 8203 2764 8204



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