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000 FPUS72 KTBW 251752 NOWTBW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1252 PM EST WED NOV 25 2009 GMZ830-850-853-856-870-873-876-251900- TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 1252 PM EST WED NOV 25 2009 .NOW... THROUGH 2 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF THE GULF OUT 60 NM BETWEEN SUWANNEE RIVER AND BONITA BEACH. EXPECT HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP. $$ FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-251900- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1247 PM EST WED NOV 25 2009 .NOW... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 11 PM... THROUGH 2 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH PARTS OF WESTERN FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR PORT CHARLOTTE AND BOCA GRANDE. THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 75...275...AND 4. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. $$ FLEMING