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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

122 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR MARTIN COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

UNTIL 200 PM...

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT ST.LUCIE...AND BREVARD

COUNTIES...



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL

FLORIDA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST

GULF OF MEXICO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE

INCH PER HOUR WILL AFFECT MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER...AND

BREVARD COUNTIES THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE

SATURATED GROUNDS...THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN STREET...

URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND WILL

SLOW WATER DRAINAGE ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY.



RAINFALL REPORTS FROM MARTIN COUNTY INDICATE 6...TO OVER 10 INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR TODAY. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED

AND A RED CROSS SHELTER HAS BEEN OPENED.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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