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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

217 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE 

  NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY. STUART POLICE REPORTED 

  STANDING WATER 4 TO 6 INCHES DEEP ACROSS SOME ROADS AND            

  INTERSECTIONS IN STUART. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM 

  WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.   



* COMMUNITIES EAST OF FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN MARTIN COUNTY INCLUDING    

  STUART AND HOBE SOUND WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING RAINS THROUGH       

  THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU 

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS 

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR 

VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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