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COASTAL VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1020 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE FOR NORTHERN 

VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...



1T 1020 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 

PIERSON TO ORMOND BEACH. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A NARROW BAND NEAR THE COAST BETWEEN 

ORMOND BY THE SEA AND THE VOLUSIA FLAGLER COUNTY LINE.



AT 10 AM EDT A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN AT HIS LOCATION IN ORMOND BY THE SEA...7 MILES SOUTH OF THE 

FLAGLER COUNTY LINE...AND WELL SOUTH OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.



RADAR SHOWS A PERSISTENT BAND OF SHOWERS EXTENDING WELL OFFSHORE 

INTO THE ATLANTIC...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POISED TO MOVE ACROSS 

NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY. AREAS NEAR THE COAST COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER 

COUPLE INCHES OF RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



PERSONS TRAVELING IN NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...PARTICULARLY THOSE ON 

STATE ROAD A1A...INTERSTATE 95...AND ROUTE 5A SHOULD BE ON THE 

LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED ROADS. REPORT ANY PROBLEMS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN 

TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL...SO THAT IT 

CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



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