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COASTAL VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

345 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2001



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

VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT...



AT 344 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST VOLUSIA COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO TWO AND A HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM ORANGE CITY TO DELTONA IN THE PAST 

HOUR.



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR FROM DE 

BARY TO LAKE HELEN IN SOUTHWEST VOLUSIA COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 

THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ONLY SLOWLY EAST. THE STORMS WILL ALSO 

CONTINUE TO BACK BUILD AND DEVELOP INTO LAKE COUNTY NEAR CASSIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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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