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WGUS72 KTBW 031705

FFSTBW



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1159 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



FLC103-031745-

PINELLAS-

1159 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PINELLAS

COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM EST...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SEMINOLE.

  SAINT PETERSBURG.

  PINELLAS PARK.

  LARGO.





AT 1159 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...

  LEALMAN...KENNETH CITY.

  HIGHPOINT...BELLEAIR.



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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT 

RISK. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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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