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WGUS52 KTBW 031722

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FLC057-031915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1219 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  TEMPLE TERRACE.

  TAMPA.

  BRANDON.

  MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.



* UNTIL 215 PM EST



* AT 1219 PM EST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

TRAINING OVER CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THIS LINE IS SLOWLY 

MOVING NORTHEAST. 



AT 1219 PM EST...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS...MANY OF WHICH ARE IMPASSABLE. 



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 2797 8263 2780 8256 2778 8226 2810 8232



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