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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

705 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



...STANDING WATER...AND INUNDATION OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...



AT 705 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

CONTINUING OVER LAKE...ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...WHERE FLOODING

OF STREETS AND LOWLANDS CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. DOPPLER RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS A LITTLE OVER THREE INCHES ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE CITY OF SAINT CLOUD TODAY. MANY STREETS AND SOME LOW 

LYING PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN FLOODED AS A RESULT.



ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL IN SOME LOCATIONS THROUGH 

900 PM. ALTHOUGH THE FLOOD ADVISORIES WILL BE EXPIRING FOR NOW... 

STANDING WATER WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RECEDE TONIGHT...AND WILL NOT

RECEDE IN SOME OF THE MORE CHRONIC FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.



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

DANGERS OF ROAD 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.



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