

000 

WGUS72 KMLB 110007

FFSMLB

FLZ045-053-110130-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

805 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR NORTHWESTERN

OSCEOLA AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



AT 8 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR FROM LOCKHART TO OCOEE...SOUTH TO 

THE ATTRACTIONS AREA AND POINCIANA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AFTER 9 

PM. MOVEMENT IS SLOWLY NORTH TOWARD ALTAMONTE SPRINGS AND APOPKA.



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.



$$



28

