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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

915 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...SOUTHERN 

PASCO...AND NORTHERN MANATEE COUNTIES...



...UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



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

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN 

THE PAST 3 HOURS.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN OVER SOUTHERN 

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN MANATEE COUNTY...WHICH 

INCLUDES THE BRADENTON AREA AND ANNA MARIA ISLAND. MANY ROADS AND 

LOW LYING AREAS AROUND TAMPA BAY ARE FLOODED. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN 

MANY REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS 

NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY 

FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND.



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 2827 8212 2746 8209 2749 8270 2788 8285

          2827 8274



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