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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1226 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.

  MULTIPLE RAINBANDS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WHICH 

  HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE RUNOFF AND CLOSING OF ROADWAYS.  DOPPLER 

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN MARTIN 

  AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



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

  BEACH...SAINT LUCIE VILLAGE...VERO LAKE ESTATES...VERO BEACH

  HIGHLANDS...SAINT LUCIE AIRPORT...QUEENS COVE AND LAKEWOOD PARK



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 2716 8073 2720 8080 2714 8087 2722 8097

      2736 8104 2742 8115 2757 8117 2764 8108

      2764 8087 2781 8087 2784 8047 2772 8040

      2771 8040 2784 8045 2785 8043 2717 8016

      2716 8019 2716 8015 2697 8008 2695 8061



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