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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

600 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 1145 PM EDT



* AT 555 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE FRANCES APPROACHING 

  THE COAST OF INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.



RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WHERE UP 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM 

THIS RAIN BAND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ALREADY SATURATED AREAS... 

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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 

RAIN BANDS AS THEY MOVE OFF THE ATLANTIC AND CROSS OVER THE MAINLAND 

AREAS.



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 2785 8042 2743 8029 2728 8019 2704 8013

      2704 8066 2755 8066 2758 8076 2782 8080

      2782 8053



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