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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

542 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY

  EASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 540 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STORMS PRODUCING 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH ORANGE AND 

  SEMINOLE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO FOUR

  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SPOTS BETWEEN UNION PARK AND  

  OVIEDO...AND RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED.

  OVIEDO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES IN EASTERN SIDE OF 

  OVIEDO DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS...AND WATER APPROACHING HOUSES IN

  THE RIVERSIDE SUBDIVISION. 



* THE STORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH 630 PM. AREAS FROM UNION

  PARK AND OVIEDO WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE 

  FLOODING.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2842 8128 2844 8114 2876 8107 2879 8123



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