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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

821 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004



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

LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL NOON 

EDT...



AT 820 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

BANDS FROM HURRICANE JEANNE PERSISTING OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL 

FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE A WIDESPREAD AREA OF 4 TO 

6 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... 

ALSO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THROUG 8 AM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS WERE SHIFTING NORTHWARD...AND WILL BE 

AFFECTING NORTHERN OSCEOLA...NORTHERN BREVARD...ORANGE...LAKE AND 

VOLUSIA COUNTIES DURING THE BALANCE OF THE MORNING. THESE AREAS CAN 

EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED  

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES.



THESE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING NOT ONLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...BUT ALSO IN 

AREAS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY CONSIDERED TO BE FLOOD PRONE.  



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

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.





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