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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1020 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT...



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

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

MARTIN...AND OKEECHOBEE.



HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED AGAIN THIS EVENING IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED 

TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...INCLUDING ORANGE... 

SEMINOLE AND LAKE COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

DIMINISHED OVER THESE AREAS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A 

CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.



A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO JUST OFFSHORE TAMPA 

BAY WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL 

FLORIDA. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND 

A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 



THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT 

AND ON MONDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS 

THAN AN INCH WITH A FEW LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAIN MAY 

AGAIN DEVELOP TOMORROW AND THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA 

MAY BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MONDAY.



PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED REPEATED HEAVY

RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS

PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE PRODUCED STANDING WATER IN

CULVERTS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED WATER

LEVELS IN RETENTION PONDS. THESE AREAS WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT

OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING WITH ANY HEAVY RAIN.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING OF ROADS AND PROPERTIES TO OCCUR...AND POSSIBLY FOR WATER TO

ENTER SOME HOMES. 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.



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