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WGUS72 KMLB 050219

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FLZ045-046-050300-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1015 PM EDT WED SEP 4 2002



A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM FOR SOUTHERN SEMINOLE AND

ORANGE COUNTIES. 



AT 1010 PM...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED CLOSED ROADS AROUND OVEIDO

AND LAKE MILLS DUE TO FLOODING. WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AT STATE 

ROUTE 419 AND SECOND STREET...IN DOWNTOWN OVEIDO AND AT LAKE JESSUP 

ROAD AND BROADWAY AND BROADWAY AND PINE.



RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE FLOOD WARNING AREA...BUT WATER COVERED 

ROADWAYS WILL STILL POSE A HAZARD...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.  

THOSE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



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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