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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

547 AM EDT THU SEP 27 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH       

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA:



  CHARLOTTE                        DESOTO

  HARDEE                           HIGHLANDS

  LEE                              MANATEE

  SARASOTA



A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PENINSULA WITH AMPLE 

TROPICAL MOISTURE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WILL PROVIDE THE 

SETUP FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS 

AS LOWER PRESSURE DISTURBANCES RIDE EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT.



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE THREAT OF POSSIBLE 

FLOODING RAINFALL DEVELOPING TODAY AND CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 

36 HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 

WATCH AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



STREAMS SUCH AS THE PEACE RIVER...HORSE CREEK...AND THE MYAKKA RIVER

REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THEREFORE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL

WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE RIVER AND ASSOCIATED SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

THERE MAY ALSO BE SERIOUS PONDING OF EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IN AREAS WHICH

HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED RECENT FLOODING DUE TO TROPICAL STORM

GABRIELLE.



ALL PERSONS...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD 

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES CONCERNING THIS POSSIBLE 

HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.



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