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WGUS72 KMLB 140338

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FLZ041-141-140400-

COASTAL VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1136 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1130 PM...



AT 1135 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE 

SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER DOWNPOURS CONTINUED OVER VOLUSIA 

COUNTY...BUT COVERAGE OF HEAVIER SHOWERS WAS DECREASING AND HAD 

SHIFTED TO NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL TOTALS THIS EVENING RANGED FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH 

THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE BARBERVILLE AREA. 



FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS AS ADDITIONAL BANDS OF SHOWERS MOVE ONSHORE THE 

COAST AND INLAND...BUT THE THREAT OF MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS

NO LONGER IMMINENT. 



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY...AND RESIDENTS 

SHOULD KEEP ALERT IN CASE ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NEEDED. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. DRIVERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHERE WATER 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROADS...AS IT IS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF 

YOUR VEHICLE AND HYDROPLANE...OR EVEN FLOAT IN THE STANDING WATER.



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