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WGUS52 KMLB 051907

FFWMLB

FLC085-052030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

304 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 302 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM JENSEN BEACH TO STUART AND PALM CITY. THE

  STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL OF NEARLY

  THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR...AND MAY RESULT IN STORM TOTALS BETWEEN

  THREE AND FIVE INCHES. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS 

...INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. IT IS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF 

YOUR VEHICLE AND HYDROPLANE. IS IS NOT SAFE TO USE CRUISE CONTROL

ON RAIN SOAKED ROADS.



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 2710 8073 2713 8066 2719 8066 2720 8028

          2725 8029 2725 8019 2713 8016 2703 8010

          2698 8016 2698 8086



$$



CRISTALDI

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000 

WGUS52 KMLB 051907

FFWMLB

FLC085-052030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

304 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 302 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS WITH

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM JENSEN BEACH TO STUART AND PALM CITY. THE

  STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL OF NEARLY

  THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR...AND MAY RESULT IN STORM TOTALS BETWEEN

  THREE AND FIVE INCHES. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS 

...INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. IT IS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF 

YOUR VEHICLE AND HYDROPLANE. IS IS NOT SAFE TO USE CRUISE CONTROL

ON RAIN SOAKED ROADS.



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 2710 8073 2713 8066 2719 8066 2720 8028

          2725 8029 2725 8019 2713 8016 2703 8010

          2698 8016 2698 8086



$$



CRISTALDI

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