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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

430 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001  



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL

FLORIDA...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VOLUSIA...LAKE...

ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...

MARTIN...AND OKEECHOBEE.



THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY WET ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

AGAIN TODAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PENINSULA

TODAY WILL FOCUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA

THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE FILLED MAY

DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS TO NEAR BANKFULL.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO

2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF NEAR 4 INCHES FROM SHOWERS AND

LIGHTNINGSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED

HEAVY RAIN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE FLOOD

PROBLEMS AGAIN TODAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING OF ROADS...PONDS AND STREAMS. WATER COULD ENTER SOME

HOMES BY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL

COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



 

RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

IN MELBOURNE IF RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 2 INCHES TODAY.

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