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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

130 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  PALMETTO.

  ANNA MARIA ISLAND.

  BRADENTON.

  

  SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  THE BARRIER ISLANDS. 

  SARASOTA.

  VENICE.



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT



* AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

TORRENTIAL RAINS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR.



AT 130 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED STREET 

AND ROAD FLOODING.



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.



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 &&



LAT...LON 2763 8211 2711 8210 2697 8242 2755 8277



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