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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1135 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2004



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM...



AT 1130 AM...WEATHER RADAR IN MELBOURNE CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING FROM HOLLY HILL TO ORMOND BEACH. 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING INTO COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY 

FROM THE WEST. 



RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS OVER NORTHEAST 

VOLUSIA COUNTY AND FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALREADY  

SATURATED GROUNDS. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA FROM NORTH DAYTONA BEACH TO HOLLY 

HILL AND ORMOND BEACH THIS AFTERNOON. 



THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES IN THE U S 

HIGHWAY ONE CORRIDOR FROM HOLLY HILL TO ORMOND BEACH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS 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. 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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