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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1247 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR SOUTHERN

BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 3 PM EDT...



AT 1241 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. MUCH OF THIS AREAS HAS ALREADY 

RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING AND AT 1240 PM THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A PUBLIC REPORT OF 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN SO FAR TODAY IN FLORIDANA BEACH. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH 

RAINFALL TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 PM.



RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF 

FLORIDANA BEACH...GRANT...MALABAR...MICCO...PALM BAY...VALKARIA AND 

LONG POINT PARK CAN EXPECT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM. THIS 

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 

FLOODING.



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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