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WGUS72 KTBW 141903

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FLZ049>051-055-141930-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

304 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001



...FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST 

CENTRAL FLORIDA...



WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH.

NORTHERN MANATEE.

SOUTHWESTERN PASCO.

PINELLAS.



...HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...BUT HIGH STANDING WATER AND MINOR 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...



A SINGLE FEEDER BAND OF LIGHT RAINS CONTINUES THROUGH NORTHERN 

MANATEE COUNTY AT 3 PM.  ELSEWHERE...ONLY VERY LIGHT RAINS REMAIN 

FROM WHAT WAS A MORE POTENT TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE EARLIER TODAY.  



SEVERAL REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE HIGH STANDING WATER AND POOR 

DRAINAGE FLOODING IN MANATEE COUNTY.  NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

FROM THE IMMEDIATE TAMPA BAY AREA...BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME 

FLOODING CONTINUES IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.  



CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS 

EVENING.



REMEMBER...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.



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LAT...LON 2772 8288 2752 8250 2767 8217 2823 8216

          2825 8277



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