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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

143 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORANGE COUNTY

  OSCEOLA COUNTY

  SEMINOLE COUNTY

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 140 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF  

VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH FROM OSCEOLA COUNTY THROUGH ORANGE... 

SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR... 

MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 4. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

OCCUR AS BANDS CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THIS AREA THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON. THE GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER 

THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL FURTHER AGGREVATE 

ONGOING FLOODING. 



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. 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 2828 8161 2797 8136 2907 8086 2943 8113

      2895 8135



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