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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

540 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA 



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 535 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND CONFIRMING 

INFORMATION FROM A STORM SPOTTER INDICATE FROM 3 TO NEARLY 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SAINT LUCIE COUNTY AND ALONG 

INTERSTATE 95 IN MARTIN COUNTY SINCE 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL REACH THIS AREA EARLY 

THIS EVENING...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE BETWEEN 

530 PM AND 730 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE URBAN FLOODING...AS 

WELL AS 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 

RAPID FLOODING.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2736 8060 2670 8050 2677 7988 2743 7997



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