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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

600 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR BREVARD...INDIAN

RIVER...ST LUCIE...MARTIN...OSCEOLA...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...



A WEAK SURFACE LOW IS FORMING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BENEATH

UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WHICH HAS PLAGUED THE FLORIDA PENINSULA

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN

SLIGHTLY AND MOVE ACROSS THE PENINSULA INTO THE ATLANTIC BY TUESDAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE

AGAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM

INTERACTS WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN PERIODIC HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE AID OF DAYTIME HEATING. RECENT

RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN GROUND WHICH IS NEARLY SATURATED...AND MANY

AREAS WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN TODAY...WITH

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY. AREA

RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND

MOVEMENT OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND THE FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO

BE EXTENDED INTO MONDAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING TO OCCUR. IF FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT...WARNINGS WILL BE

ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR

TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER UPDATES. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED

TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE IF RAINFALL

ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 2 INCHES.



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MJG

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