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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1215 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  LAKE COUNTY

  ORANGE COUNTY

  OSCEOLA COUNTY

  SEMINOLE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1210 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF  

HURRICANE FRANCES. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD 

AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THREE TO FIVE 

INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS AS HIGH AS SIX TO 

EIGHT INCHES AS FRANCES DRIFTS NORTHWEST. ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS WILL

SPREAD OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...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 2819 8062 2873 8077 2877 8115 2920 8160

      2893 8196 2800 8148



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