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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Sep 07 2003 - 15:43:45 EDT

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Amounts over 5 inches shown below.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

...A WIDE VARIATION IN RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM HENRI ACROSS
FLORIDA'S SUNCOAST...

TROPICAL STORM HENRI...WHICH WEAKENED BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL EARLY
SATURDAY IN PINELLAS COUNTY...PRODUCED WEATHER RANGING FROM FLOODING
RAINS FROM SARASOTA COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO NOTHING MORE THAN CLOUDS
AND SPRINKLES IN PORTIONS OF INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

TWO DISTINCT HEAVY RAIN AREAS WERE OBSERVED. IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...
STORM TOTALS FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY THROUGH WESTERN
CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES RANGED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. THE BULK OF
THIS RAIN OCCURRED ON FRIDAY...FED BY CHANNELED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WHICH CAUSED REPEATING DOWNPOURS.

IN A SMALL AREA OF SOUTHERN HERNANDO COUNTY...INCLUDING EASTERN
SPRING HILL AND MASARYKTOWN...OVER 4 INCHES FELL IN ABOUT 3 HOURS
EARLY SATURDAY. THIS BULLSEYE OF PRECIPITATION WAS DIRECTLY RELATED
TO CONVERGENCE AROUND THE CENTER OF HENRI'S REMAINS...WHICH PRODUCED
A POTENT THUNDERSTORM.

OTHER AREAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS RAINFALL. IN THE TAMPA BAY
METROPOLITAN AREA...STORM TOTALS WERE GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE AND
ONE HALF INCHES. POLK COUNTY HAD LESS THAN ONE INCH.

FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE
THE 40 HOURS FROM 8 PM SEPTEMBER 4TH UNTIL NOON SEPTEMBER 6TH:

                                               40 HOUR RAINFALL
OBSERVING SITE COUNTY TOTAL ENDING NOON
                                                   (INCHES)
...AIRPORTS...
FORT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 6.05
PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 5.89

...OTHERS...

SOUTH VENICE SARASOTA 8.00
POINT LONESOME CHARLOTTE 7.58
NOKOMIS SARASOTA 7.39
VENICE SARASOTA 7.27
PUNTA GORDA 8 NE CHARLOTTE 7.18
ENGLEWOOD 4 NNW SARASOTA 7.11
ENGLEWOOD 3 SE CHARLOTTE 7.02
VENICE 2 S SARASOTA 6.25
VENICE 5 NE SARASOTA 5.98
NORTH PORT SARASOTA 5.53
ENGLEWOOD SARASOTA 5.43
FORT OGDEN 14 E DESOTO 5.10

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