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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1216 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH LAKE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1215 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN NEAR PAISLEY AND THE VICINITY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF RURAL

ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND. DRIVERS

SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AS IT IS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR 

VEHICLE AND HYDROPLANE. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD OR ITS LINE MARKINGS DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE THROUGH THE WATER. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST

VEHICLES BUOYANT AND PRONE TO BEING SWEPT AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 2905 8163 2884 8164 2880 8150 2888 8139

          2902 8141 2917 8156



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