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FLC081-091845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1248 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.

  PALMETTO.

  BRADENTON.

  PARRISH.

  CORTEZ.

  ANNA MARIA ISLAND

  HOLMES BEACH



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH A LARGE     

  AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF MANATEE COUNTY.



WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE BRADENTON HAVE ALREADY REPORTED OVER THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS

THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3

INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADS



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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