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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

640 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN 

OSCEOLA...ORANGE AND LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...



...RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND FOUR INCHES OR MORE EXPECTED IN WESTERN 

ORANGE COUNTY...



AT 640 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STORMS FROM NEAR ASTOR IN 

LAKE COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN ORANGE AND SOUTHEASTERN 

LAKE COUNTIES TO NEAR INTERCESSION CITY IN NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY.



DOPPLER ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS ARE AROUND TWO AND A HALF INCHES

FROM APOPKA TO WINTER GARDEN AND THE DISNEY COMPLEX...WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL 

IN THIS AREA BEFORE THE STORMS END. FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS WILL CONTINUE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IN YOUR AREA...HAVE THE NEAREST 

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.



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