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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

730 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ORANGE AND OSCEOLA 

COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 730 PM...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR BREVARD 

COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM....



AT 730 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STORMS WITH

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM COCOA AND SATELLITE BEACH TO TITUSVILLE

AND CAPE CANAVERAL. THE STORMS ALSO EXTENDED WELL OFFSHORE BREVARD 

COUNTY. RADAR ALSO SHOWED RAINFALL HAD TAPERED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY 

ACROSS ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES.



WITH THE STORMS DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH...AND MORE STORMS OVER THE 

ATLANTIC MOVING TOWARD SHORE...CENTRAL AND SOUTH BREVARD COUNTY WILL 

LIKELY EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO...

AND POSSIBLY THREE INCHES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO CENTRAL 

FLORIDA STALLS LATER TONIGHT.



LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO 

GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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