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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

832 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  TARPON SPRINGS.

  SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH.

  SAINT PETERSBURG.

  SEMINOLE.

  PINELLAS PARK.

  PALM HARBOR.

  LARGO.

  DUNEDIN.

  CLEARWATER.





* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 825 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH         

  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR FROM JUST EAST OF TARPON  

  SPRINGS TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PETERSBURG.  THE BAND WAS   

  MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.  THIS HAS ALLOWED          

  THUNDERSTORMS TO TRAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL         

  PINELLAS COUNTY FOR THE PAST HOUR.  HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER    

  SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY BY 9 AM...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE    

  ACROSS MUCH OF PINELLAS COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM.  THIS WILL           

  CREATE RAINFALL TOTALS THIS MORNING OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH        

  LOCALLY 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND

INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD 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 2809 8284 2810 8281 2815 8279 2816 8266

      2796 8265 2794 8270 2791 8264 2779 8259

      2777 8262 2773 8261 2771 8269 2773 8272

      2769 8275 2775 8277 2784 8286



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