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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

130 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARTIN COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT



* AT 130 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER 

SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...MORE THAN FOUR INCHES IN SOME 

AREAS...BETWEEN STUART AND HOBE SOUND. WHILE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTH AT 10 MPH...THEY ARE CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN MARTIN 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OF ANY TYPE...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2718 8058 2697 8061 2699 8010 2723 8021



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