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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

407 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



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

UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



AT 404 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE 

LIGHTNING STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF 

THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN LAKE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF

MASCOTTE AND CLERMONT. MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP FARTHER 

NORTH IN LAKE COUNTY. SOME AREAS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHERS OF 

RAINFALL...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS...PARKING LOTS...

STREAMS...CULVERTS...AND LOW LYING PROPERTY. 



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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