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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1214 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT



* AT 1210 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN WITH SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND        

  CENTRAL INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.



  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE

  ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL

  FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF INDIAN RIVER       

  COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 FLASH FLOODING.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING

WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.



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