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FLC105-242200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

450 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  LAKELAND.

  MULBERRY.

  AUBURNDALE.



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.



AT 445 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF SOME 

BUSINESSES IN MULBERRY...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF MANY ROADWAYS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD

TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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.



$$



LAT...LON 2818 8177 2796 8177 2774 8205 2801 8205



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