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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1039 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...RAINS QUICKLY ENDING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WILL MOVE ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST OVERNIGHT. RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS ALL BUT HIGHLANDS
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY...AND THESE SHOULD END BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.

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PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-
DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...BRANDON...
TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...WAUCHULA...
SEBRING...AVON PARK...SARASOTA...VENICE...ARCADIA...
PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
1039 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELED.

HEAVY AND POSSIBLE FLOODING RAINS FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO
WERE CONFINED TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA EARLIER
TODAY...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA AREA OCCURRING WITH DISTINCT BANDS ACROSS WESTERN
HIGHLANDS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST POLK...CENTRAL CHARLOTTE...AND NORTHEAST
LEE COUNTY.

THE RAINS HAVE ENDED IN MOST AREAS THIS EVENING...AND PARTIAL
CLEARING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  

LATER THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
INTO THE EASTERN GULF. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL INDUCE DEEP SOUTHWEST
FLOW OF TROPICAL MOISTURE BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY.

ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS WEEK DEPENDING
ON HOW AND WHERE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EVOLVES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION LATER THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.