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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

325 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...



  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 325 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE 

FRANCES OVER VOLUSIA COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

WIDESPREAD AREAS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FOUR TO 

FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS AS HIGH AS 

EIGHT TO TEN INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WILL SPREAD THROUGH 

VOLUSIA COUNTY INTO THIS EVENING AND FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 

SITUATION...WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACCUMULATION 

POSSIBLE.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AREAS WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

OCCURS. THIS INCLUDES LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...AND WILL 

ALSO OCCUR IN AREAS NOT TYPICALLY AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING...DUE 

TO THE LONG DURATION OF HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING ON GROUND THAT IS 

ALREADY SATURATED. 



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.



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