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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

853 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 850 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE OVER INDIAN 

RIVER...ST LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED...AND AN 

ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.  



* AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN RECENT DAYS WILL BE 

ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING LOW LYING AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS...ALSO AREAS ALONG RIVERS...LAKES AND CANALS WHERE 

WATER HAS RISEN IN RECENT DAYS. 

 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD OR ITS LINE 

MARKINGS DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH THE WATER.  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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU 

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2696 8008 2780 8044 2756 8073 2695 8061



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