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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1034 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 1020 AM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN 

SINCE MIDNIGHT IN THE STUART AREA.  SEVERAL STREETS WERE CLOSED IN 

EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER AND SOME HOMES WERE 

BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.



* THE BAND OF SHOWERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LATEST PERIOD OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS LIFTING NORTH INTO SAINT LUCIE COUNTY...BUT PERSISTENT 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFAL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY 

UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON.



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 CANALS 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.



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