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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

608 PM EDT SAT AUG 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 606 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE 

RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY...INCLUDING POINCIANA.



* RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF STREETS IN 

POINCIANA AND HAS THREATENED HOMES NEAR BROADMOOR AND GOOD SAMS 

RETIREMENT VILLAGE...ACCORDING TO OSCEOLA COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT. 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 OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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.





LAT...LON 2818 8151 2809 8143 2830 8134 2832 8146



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