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WGUS72 KTBW 242203

FFSTBW

FLC057-242230-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

602 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2002



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

INCLUDING TAMPA...



...UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



BETWEEN 530 AND 550 PM EDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN 

TAMPA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NWS IN RUSKIN.  THIS INCLUDES 1 FOOT 

OF WATER ALONG HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BETWEEN 30TH AND 40TH 

STREET...AND AN AUTOMOBILE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AT A PARKING LOT 

ALONG WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.  



RAINFALL IN THE FLOOD WARNING AREA HAS LIKELY RANGED FROM 3 TO 5 

INCHES.  AT 6 PM...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED TWO AND 

THREE QUARTERS INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR.



AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR...BUT THE STORMS WERE 

DIMINISHING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 

AND INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT 

DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



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LAT...LON 2789 8252 2790 8242 2802 8244 2801 8256



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