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WGUS72 KTBW 062302

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

701 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008



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POLK-

701 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED IN CENTRAL POLK COUNTY...



AT 7 PM THE RAIN WAS LETTING UP IN POLK COUNTY. A LARGE AREA OF 4 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN BARTOW TO HAINES CITY TO SOUTH LAKELAND. 

THE PEACE RIVER AT BARTOW HAS GONE UP ONE FOOT THIS AFTERNOON IN 

RESPONSE TO THE RAIN BUT WAS THREE FEET BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8 

FEET. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HOW AREA RIVERS RESPOND TO TODAYS 

RAINFALL. 



PERIODS OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL BE AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. 



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LAT...LON 2798 8202 2826 8158 2800 8147 2774 8202

TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 180DEG 0KT 2799 8174



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