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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

500 AM EDT THU SEP 5 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ALL OF

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...



ALTHOUGH EDOUARD HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND IS

MOVING AWAY FORM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...MOIST TROPICAL AIR IN ITS

WAKE COMBINED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK WILL RESULT IN

NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS...BOTH TODAY AND

FRIDAY.



LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY

LOCATIONS...PERHAPS A LITTLE HIGHER IN SOME SPOTS. WITH GROUND WATER

CONDITIONS NEAR SATURATION OVER MANY AREAS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND STANDING WATER PROBLEMS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING TO OCCUR. IF FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT...WARNINGS WILL BE

ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR

TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.  RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO

CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE IF RAINFALL

ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 2 INCHES.



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