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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

800 AM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR THE COUNTIES

OF OSCEOLA...SOUTH BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...OKEECHOBEE...SAINT LUCIE

AND MARTIN...



A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. MID AND

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE REGION...

INTERACTING WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WHICH EXISTS ALONG AND SOUTH

OF THE BOUNDARY. THIS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY

RAIN AND POSSIBLY AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM.



THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF

A COCOA BEACH TO LAKE KISSIMMEE LINE. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF

RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY

EVENING...STORM TOTALS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS WILL FALL ON GROUND

WHICH IS NEARLY SATURATED AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA SINCE WEDNESDAY.



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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