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WGUS72 KMLB 232114

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FLZ053-232300-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

515 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2003



...STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER 

OSCEOLA COUNTY...



AT 510 PM...A STRONG LIGHTNING STORM OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER 

OF OSCEOLA COUNTY WAS WEAKENING AND HAD PRODUCE AN EASTWARD MOVING 

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAKENING LIGHTNING STORM 

JUST EAST OF THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD PRODUCING A 

SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  THESE TWO BOUNDARIES WILL MERGE 

WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FLORIDA 

TURNPIKE BETWEEN KISSIMMEE AND LAKE MARIAN BY 600 PM THIS EVENING. 



ADDITIONAL STRONG AND SLOW MOVING LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

DEVELOP AS THESE BOUNDARIES MERGE.  HEAVY RAIN IN OSCEOLA COUNTY 

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED MUCH OF THE GROUND...SO 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...INTERSECTIONS...AND UNDERPASSES TO FLOOD.  ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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 SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.



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