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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

600 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 600 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

CONTINUES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE FRANCES...

FROM PALM BAY TO VERO BEACH AND EXTENDING WELL OFFSHORE THE EAST 

COAST.



RADAR INDICATED AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN LAST HOUR 

ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN 

BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING OF

ROADS...URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND LOW LYING PROPERTIES.



STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS FROM HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUE TO POSE 

A DEADLY COMBINATION. REMAIN IN SHELTER...AND STAY OFF THE ROADS

UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY



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.



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 2758 8032 2758 8032 2758 8076 2764 8076

      2767 8086 2782 8086 2785 8073 2800 8073

      2803 8069 2803 8052



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