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FLC105-261515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

950 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  WINTER HAVEN.

  LAKELAND.

  BARTOW.

  AUBURNDALE.

  MULBERRY.

  LAKELAND HIGHLANDS.



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 945 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH SPIRAL RAIN BANDS     

  ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN POLK      

  COUNTY.



  WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE LAKELAND AREA HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL       

  AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND

INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD 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 2813 8167 2790 8162 2779 8197 2809 8201



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