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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

200 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



FLC103-031945-

PINELLAS-

200 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



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

COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EST...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SEMINOLE.

  SAINT PETERSBURG.

  PINELLAS PARK.

  LARGO.

  CLEARWATER.





AT 200 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM TAMPA TO 18 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADIERA BEACH.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

TODAY IN THE PINELLAS PARK AREA...WITH ABOUT A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF 

8 TO 10 INCHES FROM MADIERA BEACH TO FEATHER SOUND ACROSS CENTRAL 

PINELLAS COUNTY.  AS OF 2 PM...ST PETERSBURG CLEARWATER AIRPORT HAD 

MEASURED 7.14 INCHES OF RAIN.



AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE REMAINDER 

OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  ANOTHER BURST OF 

TORRENTIAL RAIN IS CURRENTLY OVER MADIERA BEACH AND WILL BE 

SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM.  THE HEAVY 

RAIN SHOULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE AFTER 3 PM...AS THE 

TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AT THAT TIME.  



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.  NUMEROUS ROADS 

ARE UNDER WATER. ROOF FAILURE HAS BEEN REPORTED ON A NUMBER OF 

BUILDINGS.  FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOME HOMES...ESPECIALLY IN 

LOW LYING AREAS. 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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