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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

458 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL 

BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING 

SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS SUNTREE...MELBOURNE AND WEST MELBOURNE. 

INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE CREATING 

AREAS OF STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHWARD TOWARDS PALM BAY DURING 

THIS EVENINGS RUSH HOUR.



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. IT IS NOT SAFE TO USE CRUISE 

CONTROL ON RAIN SOAKED ROADS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.



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