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000 

WGUS72 KMLB 260818

FFSMLB

FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-261000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

417 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ST 

LUCIE...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE...AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 

600 AM EDT...



AT 415 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

BANDS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE PERSISTING OVER MUCH OF EAST 

CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF 3 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SOUTH OF MELBOURNE AND 

HOLOPAW...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS ABOVE 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN 

THE WARNING AREA HAD SHIFTED INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF BREVARD AND 

OSCEOLA COUNTIES WHERE RAIN RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WAS 

STILL OCCURRING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FARTHER SOUTH...RAIN RATES HAD DECREASED TO 

LESS THAN AN INCH PER HOUR.

  

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.





$$



GLITTO

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000 

WGUS72 KMLB 260818

FFSMLB

FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-261000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

417 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ST 

LUCIE...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE...AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 

600 AM EDT...



AT 415 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

BANDS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE PERSISTING OVER MUCH OF EAST 

CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF 3 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SOUTH OF MELBOURNE AND 

HOLOPAW...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS ABOVE 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN 

THE WARNING AREA HAD SHIFTED INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF BREVARD AND 

OSCEOLA COUNTIES WHERE RAIN RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WAS 

STILL OCCURRING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FARTHER SOUTH...RAIN RATES HAD DECREASED TO 

LESS THAN AN INCH PER HOUR.

  

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.





$$



GLITTO

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