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HURRICANE ALLISON PRELIMINARY REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
900 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1995

COUNTIES INCLUDED... LEVY... SUMTER... CITRUS... HERNANDO... PASCO...
                     PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH... POLK... MANATEE...
                     SARASOTA... HARDEE... DESOTO... HIGHLANDS...
                     CHARLOTTE... LEE...

A. HIGHEST WIND...

CEDAR KEY DARDC        HIGHEST GUST..........210 DEG 50 KTS 
(LEVY COUNTY)                                AT 051448 UTC

LAKELAND AIRPORT       HIGHEST SUSTAINED.....230 DEG 25 KTS
                                             AT 051652 UTC 

B. LOWEST PRESSURE...

TAMPA BAY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT........... 29.70 IN (1005.8 MB) 
(NEW PORT RICHEY)                      AT 050941 UTC

ST PETERSBURG CLEARWATER AIRPORT...... 29.70 IN (1005.8 MB) 
                                       AT 050850 UTC

C. RAINFALL DATA (ALLISON RELATED ONLY...FROM 7 AM EDT SUN JUN 4)...

PAGE FIELD (FORT MYERS)............... 4.30 IN
RUSKIN................................ 1.19 IN
LAKELAND.............................. 1.12 IN
SARASOTA/BRADENTON.................... 0.81 IN
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL................... 0.23 IN 


D. TIDE INFORMATION... HEIGHTS ESTIMATED/TIMES APPROXIMATED
                   ... PEAK TIDES DURING THE MORNING HIGH TIDE
                       CYCLE BETWEEN 1200 AND 1400 UTC MON JUN 5

LEVY COUNTY........                        4-5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 

CITRUS COUNTY......                        3-4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

HERNANDO COUNTY....                        ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 

PASCO COUNTY.......                        2-3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

PINELLAS COUNTY....       GULF             ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
                          TAMPA BAY        2-2 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 

HILLSBOROUGH CTY...       TAMPA BAY        2-2 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.


E. BEACH EROSION...COASTAL FLOODING...

LEVY COUNTY........ MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AFFECTING 3 RESIDENCES
                    2 MOTELS AND 1 GROCERY STORE IN CEDAR KEY.

LEVY COUNTY........ MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EFFECTING 20 HOMES IN            
                    YANKEETOWN. 

CITRUS COUNTY...... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 494...ROUTE 44 WEST...AND           
                    ROUTE 490 WEST WERE FLOODED DURING THE MORNING
                    AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME BRIEF POWER OUTAGES DUE       
                    TO FLOODING.

HERNANDO COUNTY.... SEVERAL COASTAL ROADS FLOODED DURING THE MORNING        
                    AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGHEST WATER LEVEL REPORTED       
                    WAS 2 FEET ABOVE ROADWAYS.

PASCO COUNTY....... MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS ALONG IMMEDIATE COAST         
                    WITH 1/2 TO 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROADS. MINOR       
                    BEACH EROSION AS WELL.

PINELLAS COUNTY.... MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE STARLIGHT TOWERS          
                    CONDOMINIUMS WHERE A BREAK IN A SEAWALL OCCURRED  
                    AT UPHAM BEACH. THERE WAS ALSO SIGNIFCANT BEACH         
                    EROSION AT UPHAM BEACH. 

HILLSBOROUGH CTY... MINOR BEACH EROSION AT EGMONT KEY.

F. RIVER FLOODING...

MANATEE COUNTY..... MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE UPPER MANATEE         
                    RIVER DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RAINS DURING THE TWO      
                    DAYS PREVIOUS TO THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE ALLISON       
                    AND RAINS FROM THE HURRICANE ITSELF.

G. TORNADOES...

POLK COUNTY........ PROBABLE TORNADO IN EASTERN POLK COUNTY AT 
                    050245-050315 UTC. TREES DOWN AND STORAGE SHEDS         
                    DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 60 IN WEST LAKE WALES. MEDIA      
                    REPORTS UP TO 75 HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED        
                    SOME DAMAGE NEAR HAINES CITY. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE        
                    SPOTTED BOTH BY HAINES CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND       
                    POLK COUNTY SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT...BUT NO TORNADO        
                    WAS SEEN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.    
                
H. OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 

HILLSBOROUGH CTY... THREE TEENAGERS KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT        
                    ON THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY IN HILLSBOROUGH       
                    COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY 050530 UTC. A SEMI TRUCK        
                    COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRUCK. POLICE BELIEVE THAT       
                    A STRONG WIND GUST ASSOCIATED WITH ALLISON MAY          
                    HAVE BLOWN THE SEMI INTO THE PATH OF THE PICK UP.  

ALSHEIMER