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WGUS72 KTBW 091743

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FLC081-091900-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

143 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN MANATEE COUNTY...

INCLUDING PALMETTO...BRADENTON...



...UNTIL 300 PM EDT.



AT 130 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE BRADENTON AREA REPORTED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. THESE HEAVY 

RAINS HAVE CAUSED MODERATE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS

WITH RYE AND WATERLINE ROADS NOW BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERS.



AT 143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 

INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH A LARGE AREA 

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF MANATEE COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES THAT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND OUT 

OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS FOR MORE THAN 50 MILES. THESE SHOWERS 

AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TRAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MID 

AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKLY...WITH 

LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE MODERATE 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAYS. POOR 

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



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 2764 8234 2741 8232 2742 8275 2758 8276



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