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WGUS72 KTBW 161656

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FLC015-027-055-071-115-161830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1153 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DESOTO COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY... 

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEE COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SARASOTA COUNTY...



...UNTIL 130 PM EST.



AT 1153 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA. WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING IN AREAS AROUND 

CAPE CORAL AND FORT MYERS...AS WELL AS PUNTA GORDA AND SOUTH OF 

ENGLEWOOD. 



A FLASH 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 2710 8217 2665 8167 2736 8117 2739 8131



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