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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

559 PM EDT WED SEP 19 2001



...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...

INCLUDING FORT MYERS...



...UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER 

PORTIONS OF FORT MYERS AND CAPE CORAL. RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING 

OFF BY 630 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 2671 8183 2656 8180 2655 8198 2670 8198



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