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FLC103-032200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

245 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SEMINOLE.

  SAINT PETE BEACH.

  PINELLAS PARK.

  LARGO.

  CLEARWATER.





* UNTIL 500 PM EST



* AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER    

  THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 12 TO 13 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY IN 

THE PINELLAS PARK AREA...WITH A 10 TO 15 MILE WIDE SWATH OF 6 TO 10 

INCHES OF RAIN FROM MADIERA BEACH TO ST PETERSBURG/CLEARWATER 

AIRPORT. 



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS 

ARE UNDER WATER.  STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF SEVERAL ROOFS HAS OCCURRED.  

WATER MAY FLOOD 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



&&



LAT...LON 2785 8286 2771 8276 2784 8258 2801 8268

      2797 8286



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