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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1107 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1105 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF  

HURRICANE FRANCES ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD AREAS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN SOME 

LOCATIONS AS HIGH AS SIX TO EIGHT INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS WILL 

SPREAD THROUGH VOLUSIA COUNTY INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION...WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.



STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM HURRICANE FRANCES POSE A 

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

UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 

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 SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2902 8088 2922 8100 2918 8150 2883 8127



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