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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

556 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  LAKE COUNTY

  ORANGE COUNTY

  OSCEOLA COUNTY

  SEMINOLE COUNTY

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL NOON EDT



*   AT 555 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

    HEAVY RAIN BANDS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE SPREADING 

    NORTHWARD OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

    INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

    OVER OSCEOLA...BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED 

    AMOUNTS ABOVE 8 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

    INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF OSCEOLA AND 

    BREVARD COUNTIES. AS THE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS SPREAD 

    NORTHWARD...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTIES AS 

    WELL AS ORANGE...SEMINOLE...LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES WILL 

    RECEIVE WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 

    AMOUNTS ABOVE 8 INCHES.



*  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.  



WITH THE ONSET OF MORNING DAYLIGHT...RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT IT 

WILL STILL BE DANGEROUS TO VENTURE OUT...DUE TO STRONG WINDS... 

FLOODING AND DANGERS FROM DOWNED POWER LINES AND DEBRIS IN THE 

ROADS. 



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

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS 

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. 



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 2856 8060 2935 8109 2895 8195 2837 8193

      2834 8164 2767 8117 2756 8035



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