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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1242 PM 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.

  CLEARWATER.





* UNTIL 245 PM EST



* AT 1242 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED   RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



AT 1217 PM EST...WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED FLOODING IN SAINT 

PETERSBURG BETWEEN 61ST STREET AND 64TH STREET ON 5TH AVENUE NORTH. 

FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED AT 115TH AVENUE NORTH AND 4TH STREET 

NORTH.



AT 1235 PM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED THREE 

SEPARATE ROOF COLLAPSES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN NEAR 49TH STREET IN SAINT 

PETERSBURG.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR...IN 

THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND HOMES... 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS...MAY BECOME INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY



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 2785 8286 2769 8272 2772 8262 2800 8268

      2800 8281



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