Expires:201108272145;Remove:201108272145;043617
WGUS72 KTBW 272135
FFSTBW
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
535 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

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POLK FL-
535 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR POLK
COUNTY...
AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ENDING IN THE WARNING AREA.  
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 
APPROXIMATELY 1 PM.  AREAS OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WATER WILL 
TAKE TIME TO DRAIN FROM ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS.  MOTORISTS ARE 
ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTER
HAVEN...LAKE ALFRED...INWOOD...CYPRESS GARDENS...CRYSTAL LAKE AND
AUBURNDALE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2810 8192 2816 8174 2786 8152 2780 8164
      2800 8191
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