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000 

WGUS52 KMLB 052237

FFWMLB

FLC009-0601000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

637 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 635 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANCES 

MOVING NORTH OVER BREVARD COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT WIDESPREAD AREAS IN BREVARD COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN 

EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. AS THE PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS SPREAD OVER 

BREVARD COUNTY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR... 

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. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 2783 8072 2786 8045 2849 8064 2848 8053

      2879 8071 2879 8097 2834 8075 2809 8081



$$



GLITTO

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000 

WGUS52 KMLB 052239

FFWMLB

FLC009-060100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

637 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 635 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANCES 

MOVING NORTH OVER BREVARD COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT WIDESPREAD AREAS IN BREVARD COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN 

EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. AS THE PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS SPREAD OVER 

BREVARD COUNTY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR... 

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. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 2783 8072 2786 8045 2849 8064 2848 8053

      2879 8071 2879 8097 2834 8075 2809 8081



$$



GLITTO

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000 

WGUS52 KMLB 052237

FFWMLB

FLC009-0601000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

637 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 635 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANCES 

MOVING NORTH OVER BREVARD COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT WIDESPREAD AREAS IN BREVARD COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN 

EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. AS THE PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS SPREAD OVER 

BREVARD COUNTY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR... 

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. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 2783 8072 2786 8045 2849 8064 2848 8053

      2879 8071 2879 8097 2834 8075 2809 8081



$$



GLITTO



000 

WGUS52 KMLB 052239

FFWMLB

FLC009-060100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

637 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 635 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FRANCES 

MOVING NORTH OVER BREVARD COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT WIDESPREAD AREAS IN BREVARD COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH TOTALS IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN 

EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. AS THE PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS SPREAD OVER 

BREVARD COUNTY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR... 

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. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 2783 8072 2786 8045 2849 8064 2848 8053

      2879 8071 2879 8097 2834 8075 2809 8081



$$



GLITTO

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