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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1228 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  OKEECHOBEE COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1225 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN MELBOURNE INDICATED THE CENTER 

OF HURRICANE FRANCES DRIFTING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR THE OSCEOLA AND 

POLK COUNTY LINE. SOME DECREASE IN RAINFALL RATES HAS OCCURRED IN 

INDIAN RIVER...ST LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES SINCE 

EARLIER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINBANDS MAY MOVE 

ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 



PERSONS NEED TO BE ADVISED THAT EVEN AFTER WINDS DECREASE...TRAVEL 

MAY BE DANGEROUS...NOT ONLY FROM DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES...BUT 

ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS MAY BE FLOODED...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 

SOME ROADS WITH DAMAGE OR WASHING OUT FROM THE HEAVY RAINS. 



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 2693 8010 2784 8048 2767 8089 2759 8129

      2695 8077



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