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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

539 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...  THIS INCLUDES 

THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...EAU GALLIE...WEST 

MELBOURNE...SUNTREE...PINEDA...PALM SHORES...



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 528 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A RAIN BAND NEAR THE CENTER OF FAY OVER CENTRAL 

BREVARD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 4  

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 4 AM. REPORTS FROM 

THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATE THAT FLOODING OF ROADS 

WAS OCCURRING MAKING IT IMPASSABLE FOR CARS ON SEVERAL 

STREETS...INCLUDING SECTIONS OF APOLLO AND SARNO ROAD IN MELBOURNE. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MELBOURNE...EAU GALLIE...WEST MELBOURNE...SUNTREE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 

AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2809 8059 2816 8063 2809 8060 2800 8073

      2813 8086 2816 8086 2832 8071 2832 8070

      2828 8069 2833 8070 2836 8067 2834 8065

      2829 8066 2824 8064 2823 8064 2827 8061

      2824 8059 2811 8057



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