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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

815 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR MANATEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 8 AM EDT...



AT 810 AM...THE RAIN BANDS THAT PRODUCED AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE

INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE SATURATED SOILS OF MANATEE COUNTY HAVE MOVED

SOUTH AND WEAKENED.  TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TROPICAL STORM

GABRIELLE IN MANATEE COUNTY HAVE RANGED FROM EIGHT TO TEN INCHES WITH

ISOLATED POCKETS OF UP TO THIRTEEN INCHES.



LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MANATEE COUNTY

THROUGH LATE MORNING.  HOWEVER...AREAS OF STANDING WATER OVER LOW

LYING AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE

REMAINDER OF TODAY.



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