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FLC017-201600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

745 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITRUS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  INVERNESS.

  HOMOSASSA SPRINGS.

  CRYSTAL RIVER.

  BEVERLY HILLS.



* UNTIL 1200 PM EDT



* AT 745 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

TORRENTIAL RAINS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR.



AT 745 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED SOME MINOR 

ROAD CLOSERS WITH MAJOR ROADS NEAR FLOODING.



RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING 

AND MOVING OVER CITRUS COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND

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

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE

INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



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LAT...LON 2897 8232 2880 8223 2870 8229 2870 8266

          2902 8273



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