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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

235 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003



A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM 

EDT.



AT 230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN 

OSCEOLA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY INCLUDING MELBOURNE AND 

PALM BAY. 



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODED 

ROADWAYS INCLUDING WICKHAM ROAD BETWEEN SARNO AND U.S. 192 AND

STREETS IN MELBOURNE AND WEST MELBOURNE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN 

MAY FALL BEFORE THE SHOWERS DIMINISH AND MOVE FURTHER EAST. 



MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 4.80 INCHES OF RAIN 

THROUGH 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.



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