FLSTBW

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1243 PM EDT SUN APR 11 2010

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LEE FL-
1243 PM EDT SUN APR 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CAPE CORAL...BONITA SPRINGS


* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 1241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE ADVISED AREA...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHERN
END OF CAPE CORAL...PUNTA RASSA...AND FORT MYERS BEACH...AND WILL
SHORTLY MOVE INTO THE BONITA SPRINGS AREA....WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL REMAINING EAST OF US HIGHWAY 41 AND CLOSE TO THE COAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KEEP CHILDREN FROM BEING SWEPT AWAY IN FLOODED DITCHES AND DRAINS.
FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR AND MAY STALL YOUR
VEHICLE. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP
VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 2632 8183 2637 8188 2639 8187 2645 8197
      2648 8198 2647 8200 2649 8202 2658 8207
      2659 8193 2657 8193 2657 8191 2632 8166

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