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WGUS52 KTBW 031915

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FLC057-032100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

215 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.





* UNTIL 400 PM EST



* AT 215 PM EST...VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL 

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH 

COUNTY...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TAMPA METROPOLITAN 

AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS 

ARE UNDER WATER.  HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY BECOME FLOODED.  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



&&



LAT...LON 2797 8263 2780 8256 2778 8226 2810 8232



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