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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

614 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  PUNTA GORDA.

  PORT CHARLOTTE.



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAINFALL RATES OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH MORE SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FOR THE PAST 

  THREE HOURS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER A

  LARGE PORTION OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY INCLUDING ROTUNDA...PORT

  CHARLOTTE AND PUNTA GORDA.  ADDITIONAL AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY

  RAIN ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO THE

  EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY WITH

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME LOCATIONS.



AT 605 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 

7 INCHES TODAY IN THE PUNTA GORDA AREA.



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.



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



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LAT...LON 2703 8165 2678 8166 2677 8227 2694 8240

          2695 8225 2702 8225



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