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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1026 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...

  SHARPES...SCOTTSMOOR...ROCKLEDGE...PORT SAINT JOHN...PATRICK

  AIRFORCE BASE...MIMS...MERRITT ISLAND...HAULOVER CANAL...COCOA

  BEACH...COCOA...CAPE CANAVERAL...CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP

  SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...CHRISTMAS

  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YEEHAW JUNCTION...KENANSVILLE...

  HOLOPAW



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES IN NORTHEAST OSCEOLA    

  AND NORTH BREVARD COUNTIES. INDIAN RIVER DRIVE SOUTH OF BLACKS     

  ROAD IN SHARPES WAS WASHED. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  VIERA...MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE...HARMONY...SUNTREE...

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND CANAVERAL GROVES.



AS HURRICANE WILMA TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE ATLANTIC...A PERSISTENT 

RAINBAND EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST OSCEOLA COUNTY...ACROSS NORTH 

BREVARD AND SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO 

PRODUCE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN THROUGH EARLY 

AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING ON SATURATED LAND WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES...CAUSE RETENTION PONDS TO OVERFLOW INTO RESIDENTIAL 

AREAS AND POORLY DRAINING AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH 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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2852 8056 2877 8085 2800 8136 2767 8117

      2766 8087



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