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FLC057-081-101-103-141500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

900 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  NORTHERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



* AT 854 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. IN THE PAST THREE       

  HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AT LEAST 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER

  SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...AS WELL AS NORTHERN MANATEE COUNTY.



* AT 845 AM EDT...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE               

  METEOROLOGIST REPORTED THAT PARTS OF MANATEE AVENUE...JUST WEST OF 

  ROUTE 3 0 1 IN BRADENTON...WERE UNDER AT LEAST ONE FOOT OF         

  WATER.  A POWER LINE WAS ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN THAT AREA ON        

  MANATEE AVENUE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND 

INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



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LAT...LON 2826 8210 2747 8207 2748 8272 2791 8285

          2829 8277



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