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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

906 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2001



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

SEMINOLE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...



AT 905 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

HAS PRODUCED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST THE LAST HOUR FROM 

SANFORD TO LAKE MARY AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFROE THE RAINS TAPER OFF BETWEEN 10 AND 11 

PM. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.



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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