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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

941 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1130 PM



* AT 940 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT THIS EVENING...MOVING 

WEST AT 20 MPH ONSHORE THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST AND REACHING WELL 

INLAND. ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ABOVE TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN 

SPOTS THIS EVENING...ESPCIALLY ALONG STATE ROAD 44 EAST OF DELAND... 

ALSO BETWEEN BARBERVILLE AND DELEON SPRINGS.



* BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER VOLUSIA 

COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO 

THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE 

THE SITUATION.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT 

OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.



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LAT...LON 2895 8098 2913 8100 2933 8165 2902 8142



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