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FLC105-242200-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

542 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2002



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN POLK COUNTY...INCLUDING 

LAKELAND...MULBERRY...AUBURNDALE...



...UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING OVER WESTERN POLK COUNTY.  LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...BUT 

FLOODING CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.



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.



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LAT...LON 2815 8178 2798 8179 2782 8206 2800 8205



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