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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 

1215 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEVY COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  CHIEFLAND.

  BRONSON.

  YANKEETOWN.



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.



AT 1215 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING WITH ROAD CLOSURES ON HIGHWAY 40 WEST IN YANKEETOWN...OTHER 

LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED AS WELL.



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 2953 8259 2933 8244 2923 8241 2927 8255

          2908 8256 2905 8274 2920 8278 2924 8303

          2957 8294



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