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WGUS72 KMLB 030843

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FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-032100-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

442 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...



THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 500 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST 

CENTRAL FLORIDA...



BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...LAKE...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE... 

ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SAINT LUCIE...SEMINOLE...VOLUSIA



A LARGE AND ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

GULF OF MEXICO IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. 

ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA AS 

THE LOW DRIFTS NORTHWARD. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP 

OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH STRONGER CELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN 

OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA BY THURSDAY. ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN ALREADY SATURATED AREAS WILL LEAD TO THE 

POTENTIAL FOR STANDING WATER AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...LOW SPOTS 

CREEKS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.      



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS IN THE WATCH AREA. 

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO 

AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



THE FLOOD WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED LATER TODAY AS THE MOIST PATTERN IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO FRIDAY.



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JP

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