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WGUS62 KTBW 221948
FFATBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
348 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...HURRICANE WILMA WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL TO SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...

.HURRICANE WILMA WILL MOVE OFF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS
EVENING...AND BEGIN MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST FLORIDA OVERNIGHT AND
SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SHEET FLOW FLOOWING ARE POSSIBLE
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AS WILMA RACES THROUGH THE AREA.

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CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...
CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
348 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE.

* FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINS WILL BEGIN INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY EVENING...AND
  REACH MAXIMUM INTENSITY OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING AS THE CENTER OF WILMA ACCELERATES INTO SOUTHWEST
  FLORIDA. CONVERGENCE OF NORTHEAST WINDS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR
  NORTH OF THE CENTER WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AND DEEP TROPICAL AIR
  SOUTH OF THE CENTER WILL PRODUCE A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAINS
  SOMEWHERE IN CHARLOTTE...LEE...OR BOTH COUNTIES. A QUICK 3 TO 6
  INCHES...LOCALLY 8 INCHES...MAY FALL IN LESS THAN 12
  HOURS...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND NOON ON MONDAY
  AFTERNOON. SHEET FLOW FLOODING IS LIKELY SHOULD THESE STORM
  TOTALS DEVELOP.

* RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO SHEET FLOW FLOODING SHOULD BE
  PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS WHO ATTEMPT TO
  VENTURE OUT...EVEN AFTER THE WORST HAS PASSED...SHOULD BE AWARE
  OF POSSIBLE FLOOD AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
  AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
36 HOURS OR MORE. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW

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