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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

635 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  BROOKSVILLE.



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 635 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 

SPRING HILL TO BROOKSVILLE.  THE HARDEST HIT AREA WILL BE ALONG 

STATE ROAD 41 BETWEEN BROOKSVILLE AND MASARYKTOWN.  DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS REGION DURING THE 

PAST TWO HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN 

CENTRAL HERNANDO COUNTY THROUGH 830 AM.



FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS IS LIKELY THIS MORNING.  

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.  RESIDENTS IN LOW 

LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 

PROPERTY FROM FLOOD WATERS.



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



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LAT...LON 2853 8220 2845 8229 2845 8259 2859 8243



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