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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

410 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001



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

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

MARTIN...



A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK TOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTH

FLORIDA THROUGH SATURDAY. DEEP MOISTURE IS IN PLACE SOUTH OF A

STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE.



WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS A THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF EAST

CENTRAL FLORIDA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE KISSIMMEE TO

COCOA BEACH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN

COVERAGE AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE THIS EVENING AND SPREAD SLOWLY

NORTHWARD TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OSCEOLA

AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COUNTIES

SURROUNDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE MAY SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 TO 6

INCHES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON 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 ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. 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 3 INCHES.



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