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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

805 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2004



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 845 

AM...



AT 805 AM...WEATHER RADAR IN MELBOURNE CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING FROM HOLLY HILL TO ORMOND 

BEACH...TOMOKA ESTATES AND ORMOND BY THE SEA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS ON ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND THIS MORNING.



THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE PINE RUN 

APARTMENT COMPLEX IN ORMOND BEACH IS THREATENED BY RISING WATERS. 

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES IN THE US 

HIGHWAY ONE CORRIDOR FROM HOLLY HILL TO ORMOND BEACH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING. THOSE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. 



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.



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