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FLC071-060500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1029 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  SANIBEL.

  FORT MYERS BEACH.

  FORT MYERS.

  CAPE CORAL.



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF LEE 

COUNTY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 

MAINLY NEAR THE COAST.  SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUED ACROSS LEE COUNTY...WITH SHOWERS REDEVELOPING OVER THE 

COASTAL WATERS WEST OF CAPTIVA SPREADING ONSHORE TRAINING OVER THE 

SAME AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER 

PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM.



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CAPE CORAL 

AREA WITH SOME ROADS UNDER A FOOT OF WATER.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO 

DRIVE WITH CAUTION TONIGHT.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH.  



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



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LAT...LON 2699 8208 2630 8147 2632 8229 2690 8251



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