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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1110 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  ROYAL HIGHLANDS.

  LAKE STAFFORD.

  BROOKSVILLE.

  CROOM. 



* UNTIL 315 PM EDT



* AT 1110 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINS OF FOUR INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUE OVER   

  THE AREA.



AT 1110 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED STANDING 

WATER COUNTY WIDE AND SOME STREET FLOODING. 



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.



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A 

FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO HIGHER TERRAIN.



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



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LAT...LON 2864 8227 2851 8218 2847 8228 2844 8268

          2869 8262



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