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COASTAL VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

120 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR 

NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR NORTHERNMOST 

VOLUSIA COUNTY AND MINOR FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS 

IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...



AT 120 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MORE THAN THREE

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PIERSON TO 

ORMOND BEACH. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN IN A NARROW BAND IN EXTREME NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY 

BETWEEN ORMOND BY THE SEA AND THE VOLUSIA FLAGLER COUNTY LINE.



RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A PERSISTENT BAND OF SHOWERS ACROSS 

NORTHERNMOST VOLUSIA COUNTY...AND EXTENDING WELL OFFSHORE INTO THE 

ATLANTIC. ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS 

AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



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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