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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1015 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR ST. LUCIE 

COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM...



AT 1013 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF OVER 4 

INCHES OF RAIN IN PORT SAINT LUCIE SINCE MIDNIGHT. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH SAINT LUCIE COUNTY 

DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 



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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