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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

257 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR EASTERN MARTIN

COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...



AT 254 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY FROM STUART 

TO JUST NORTH OF TEQUESTA.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED OVER TWO INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IN HOBE SOUND THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 

THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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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