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WGUS72 KMLB 292207

FFSMLB

FLZ045-046-292230-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

602 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2002



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL ORANGE AND EASTERN SEMINOLE

COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM...



AT 605 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE FLOOD WARNING WERE BEGINNING TO DECREASE 

IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM THESE STORMS WILL 

PERSIST. ROAD CLOSURES AND SOME WATER APPROACHING HOMES WAS ALREADY

REPORTED IN OVIEDO WITH THE STORMS...AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN FROM THE OVIEDO AREA SOUTH

TO NEAR UNION PARK.



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

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

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AT 1 8 0 0 6 8 3 4 4 6 8.



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