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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

855 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING LEHIGH ACRES...FORT MYERS SHORES...AND ALVA...



...UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR OVER NORTHEAST AND 

EASTERN LEE COUNTY.



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.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS. 



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LAT...LON 2678 8157 2674 8176 2644 8171 2650 8146



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