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WGUS72 KMLB 142249

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FLZ041-141-142300-

COASTAL VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

646 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 645 PM...RAINFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAD DECREASED OVER 

VOLUSIA COUNTY AND ONLY A FEW LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUED.

CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH GABRIELLE WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT  THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL 

SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WAS NO LONGER IMMINENT. 



ONGOING FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 

THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHILE BEGINNING TO GRADUALLY RECEDE.



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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