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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

923 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY

  SEMINOLE COUNTY

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 922 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER ORLANDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  NEAR WINTER PARK...FAIRVIEW SHORES...EATONVILLE AT 930 PM EDT

  NEAR ALOMA...FERN PARK...GOLDENROD...MAITLAND AT 935 PM EDT

  NEAR ALTAMONTE SPRINGS AT 940 PM EDT

  NEAR CASSELBERRY...WINTER SPRINGS AT 945 PM EDT



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE CHARLEY 

WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. FLOODING CAN 

BE EXPECTED IN THE METRO ORLANDO AREA AND ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR 

THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE TRACKS RAPIDLY TOWARDS 

DAYTONA BEACH.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...

LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2901 8086 2881 8090 2878 8100 2848 8093

      2841 8164 2877 8154 2877 8144 2889 8134

      2913 8148 2925 8144 2925 8117 2934 8107



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