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Flood Warning, Seminole, FL

Browse briefAn alert, not the event; certainty observed.weather.gov

Why this: The most severe alert among 54 the National Weather Service has in effect
Issued: 5 Nov 20:15 UTC · 2 h ago
Source: National Weather Service
Kind: ALERT

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