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WGUS72 KTBW 072256

FFSTBW

FLC057-080015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

651 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH

COUNTY...



...UNTIL 815 PM EDT.



AT 655 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND ONLY SOME LIGHT 

RAIN WAS OCCURRING.  HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORM WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND SOME 

ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND RUSKIN AND SUN CITY CENTER FOR THE NEXT HOUR 

OR SO.  FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE INUNDATED.  

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 2774 8232 2776 8244 2769 8249 2764 8231



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