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FLC055-302030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
236 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  SEBRING.
  LAKE PLACID.
  AVON PARK.
  ARCHBOLD.
  VENUS.

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  TORRENTIAL RAIN OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR FROM AN INTENSE 
  RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH TROPCICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO OVER THE
  WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS
  LIKELY THROUGH 430 PM WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES
  POSSIBLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND
CREEKS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE
INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 2703 8156 2703 8127 2751 8121 2764 8114
      2764 8156

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