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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1235 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  OKEECHOBEE COUNTY

  OSCEOLA COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT



* AT 1230 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  PERSISTENT VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE   

  SPREADING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

  INDICATE THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED THROUGH

  MIDNIGHT IN MARTIN...ST LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...AND AN 

  ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN BREVARD... 

  OKEECHOBEE AND AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...THE RAINS WILL BECOME MORE 

  PERSISTENT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 

  6 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. 



* 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 LEVELS HAVE 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 2778 8042 2868 8064 2834 8090 2814 8143

      2746 8134 2698 8092 2701 8013



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