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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1150 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  LAKE COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  OKEECHOBEE COUNTY

  ORANGE COUNTY

  OSCEOLA COUNTY

  SEMINOLE COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT 



* AT 1145 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES WAS 

BECOMING WIDESPREAD OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT A LARGE AREA OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS 

ALREADY RECEIVED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND A FEW AREAS 

HAVE RECEIVED FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE THE RAINBANDS 

WITH FRANCES STARTED TO IMPACT THE AREA. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES 

OF RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY AS FRANCES DRIFTS SLOWLY OVER 

THE AREA. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WAS 

ALREADY OCCURRING SATURDAY EVENING...AND THE FLOODING WILL BECOME 

MORE EXTENSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAYTIME 

HOURS SUNDAY.  



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.



ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING 

INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. 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 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. 



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE.





LAT...LON 2698 8007 2814 8059 2862 8060 2949 8115

      2901 8171 2897 8199 2834 8198 2810 8154

      2755 8123 2695 8074



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