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FLC061-085-111-042200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1220 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 1220 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES COVERING 

INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...AND MARTIN COUNTIES...AND EXTENDING 

WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC.



RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNING AREA SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. CONTINUOUS RAINFALL RATES 

OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 

6 HOURS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS 

BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS

FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...SO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF 

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...INTERSECTIONS 

...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF RURAL 

ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND FARMLAND. FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



HIGH WATER WILL ALSO MAKE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES VERY 

DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE COMBINATION OF WIND 

AND FLOODING MAKES FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



LAT...LON 2696 8011 2785 8047 2783 8087 2764 8077

      2713 8068 2697 8085



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