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WGUS72 KMLB 182004

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

357 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR INDIAN RIVER

AND BREVARD COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF 

STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM NEAR VERO BEACH NORTH INTO 

BREVARD COUNTY FROM PALM BAY TO WEST MELBOURNE AND SUNTREE. SPOTTERS 

REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF VERO 

BEACH WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY 

TOWARDS THE NORTH AND WILL BRING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT 

PERIOD OF TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS 

WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDTIONS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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