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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

250 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR ORANGE COUNTY

UNTIL 445 PM EDT...



AT 250 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROS MUCH OF ORANGE 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

OVER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO IN ABOUT ONE HOUR.  RAINFALL TOTALS 

BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES...PERHAPS FOUR INCHES IN SOME SPOTS... 

CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF...URBAN

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. 



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