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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

227 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF PASCO...NORTHERN PINELLAS

  AND NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH IN FLORIDA 



  UNTIL 6PM EDT.



  IN NORTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE AREAS OF

  TEMPLE TERRACE.

  TAMPA.

  PLANT CITY.

  LUTZ.

  

  IN PASCO COUNTY FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING AREAS.

  ZEPHYRHILLS.

  NEW PORT RICHEY.

  HUDSON.

  HOLIDAY.

  DADE CITY.

  NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  IN NORTH PINELLAS COUNTY FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  TARPON SPRINGS.

  PALM HARBOR.

  DUNEDIN.

  CLEARWATER.



* AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO SHOW BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ONSHORE FROM   

  THE GULF OF MEXICO...MAINLY BETWEEN HUDSON IN PASCO COUNTY SOUTH   

  TO THE MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES INCHES PER   

  HOUR FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

  SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM THE PONDING OF RAIN RUNOFF. 



AT 145 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN PASCO COUNTY REPORTED 

EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF SOUTH NEW 

PORT RICHEY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MAGNOLIA VALLEY AREA.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RESIDENTS LIVING 

ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT 

LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...

WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF 

YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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LAT...LON 2841 8272 2795 8286 2793 8208 2843 8215



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