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WGUS72 KMLB 062133

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

530 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY 

UNTIL 730 PM EDT...



AT 527 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ALONG STATE ROUTE 46 IN BREVARD COUNTY...INCLUDING I 95 AND U S 

ROUTE 1 NEAR MIMS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. AN ADDITONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM AS THE STORMS DRIFT NORTH TOWARD SCOTTSMOOR. 

IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATES FREQUENT 

LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 



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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KELLY

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