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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

900 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



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

UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...



AT 855 AM WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE STUART AREA REPORTED UP TO 3.5 

INCHES RAIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

HEAVY RAIN MOVING TOWARD MARTIN COUNTY FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ADD MORE RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUND AND AGGREVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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