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WGUS72 KTBW 230144

FFSTBW

FLC053-230215-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

944 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2002



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY...



...UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.



AT 940 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED... 

WITH JUST SOME LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING.  THIS RAIN SHOULD END IN THE 

NEXT HOUR.  RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THE LAST 7 HOURS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF HERNANDO COUNTY FROM 

AROUND ROYAL HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO JUST EAST OF BAYPORT.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR 

RISING WATER.  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 2869 8240 2850 8251 2843 8269 2869 8265



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