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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

701 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



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BREVARD FL-

701 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...



AT 655 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A PERSISTENT AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS RAIN WAS OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY 

CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VIERA...SUNTREE AND MELBOURNE.



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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AFTER 8 AM IF 

THE CIRCULATION OF FAY REMAINS TEMPORARILY STALLED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE FLOODED AND AT LEAST 

PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE. SOME FLOODED AREAS IN MELBOURNE INCLUDE THE 

WICKHAM AND PARKWAY INTERSECTION...ELLIS AND JOHN RODES 

BOULEVARD...AND BABCOCK STREET NEAR WALMART. ALSO NORTH OF 

MELBOURNE...VIERA BOULEVARD AT U.S. 1...FISKE AND I-95 

SOUTHBOUND...A1A AND PINEDA CAUSEWAY...AND U.S. 1 WESTBOUND ONTO 

PINEDA CAUSEWAY ARE AT LEAST PARTIALLY FLOODED.



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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