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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

739 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR WESTERN ORANGE

COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



AT 735 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR NEAR OCOEE. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED 

TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THIS AREA...AND AS IT 

DRIFTS NORTH TOWARD PINE HILLS AND CLARCONA. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF 

BY 9 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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