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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

625 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



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

AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH 

TORRNTIAL RAINFALL COVERING THE EASTERN SAINT LUCIE AND CENTRAL 

MARTIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS PRODUCED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN AS THEY MOVED THROUGH OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...AND WILL PRODUCE 

SIMILAR AMOUNTS IN THE WARNED AREA.



SINCE THESE COUNTIES ARE COMPLETELY SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS 

EARLIER THIS WEEK...ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING 

PROPERTIES WILL OCCUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...AS IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO

RECOGNIZE FLOODED ROADS.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADS 

OR PROPERTIES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE.



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