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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

127 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 127 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OVER MELBOURNE. OVER 3 INCHES OF HAS FALLEN AT MELBOURNE

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 11 AM THIS MORNING. 



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  NEAR WEST MELBOURNE...MELBOURNE VILLAGE...WEST MELBOURNE...

  INDIALANTIC...MELBOURNE BEACH...MALABAR...GRANT AND PALM BAY. 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MELBOURNE THROUGH 3 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 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...FLOODING OR HEAVY RAINFALL AMONTS HAVE 

THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2824 8078 2808 8088 2782 8047 2805 8032



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