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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

400 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004



A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



AT 345 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A RAIN BAND FROM 

HURRICANE FRANCES MOVING ACROSS INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND 

MARTIN COUNTIES. THE RAINBAND EXTENDED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILES 

INTO THE ATLANTIC. 



RADAR ONE HOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH 

TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH AND UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH NEAR FORT 

PIERCE. 



FORECAST CONTINUOUS RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH 

PER HOUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL 

FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES THROUGH EARLY 

EVENING. WITH PROLONGED RAINFALL FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND 

SUNDAY...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS WARNING 

WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED OR EXPANDED TO COVER INLAND AREAS.



IF YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE BECAUSE OF FLOODING BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS 

AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER HURRICANE FORCE...WILL MAKE MOVING 

OUTDOORS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 



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.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. THOSE 

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.



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