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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

500 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR INDIAN RIVER...OKEECHOBEE...SAINT LUCIE AND

MARTIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRED AS OF 5 PM...



AS TROPICAL STORM BARRY CONTINUES TO DRIFT WESTWARD OVER THE GULF OF

MEXICO...WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS DIMINISHED TO LIGHT RAIN...WITH A FEW

EMBEDDED HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL

CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...LESSENING THE

POTENTIAL FOR AGGRAVATION OF THE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE WATCH AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN AND FLOODING PROBLEMS HAS

DECREASED...THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT

FEW DAYS WILL FEATURE A RETURN TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON LIGHTNING

STORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SINCE

THE GROUND IN MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REMAINS SATURATED...OR

NEARLY SO...LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVE THESE AFTERNOON STORMS WILL HAVE

THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY FLOODING PROBLEMS.



THE DAILY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN MELBOURNE ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING STORMS WITH

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND OTHER WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS. LISTEN FOR

THESE OUTLOOKS DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.



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