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WGUS52 KTBW 031625

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FLC103-031745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1119 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SEMINOLE.

  SAINT PETERSBURG.

  PINELLAS PARK.

  LARGO.





* UNTIL 1245 PM EST



* AT 1119 AM EST...A LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER SOUTHERN 

HALF OF PINELLAS COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST. 



AT 1119 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS 

FLOODED STREETS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...URBAN 

AREAS...AND INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO 

NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODED ROADS... 

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. 



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 2776 8278 2774 8263 2788 8258 2795 8271

      2795 8284



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