

000 

WGUS52 KMLB 201233

FFWMLB

FLC009-201630-

/O.EXT.KMLB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080820T1630Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

833 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

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

  THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...SATELLITE BEACH...VIERA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 832 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

GALLIE...SUNTREE...INDIALANTIC...MICCO...GRANT.



RADAR INDICATED RAIN AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 4 

AM THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE VERY SLOW 

NORTH DRIFT OF TROPICAL STORM FAY. 



EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATING RAINFALL FROM SQUALL BANDS WILL CAUSE 

CONTINUED FLOODING...AND THE LIKELY CLOSURES OF SOME 

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS. 



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 IN PALM BAY. 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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. YOUR VEHICLE MAY STALL IF YOU ATTEMPT 

TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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



$$



JP

