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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

845 PM EDT WED SEP 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORANGE COUNTY

  SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY FROM GOLDENROD TO

  OVIEDO AND ACROSS NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY FROM UNION PARK TO BITHLO

  FROM TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ORLANDO...UNIVERSITY PARK...

  LOCKWOOD.



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO TWO AND A HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND 

SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY SINCE 730 PM. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALSO FLOODING OF 

STREETS AND ROADWAYS.



LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 2870 8103 2866 8129 2841 8145 2841 8100



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