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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1021 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



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BREVARD FL-

1021 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...



AT 1020 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY...LOCATED NEAR 

CAPE CANAVERAL WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NORTH. VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAINBANDS WAS ROTATING AROUND FAY. 



SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY 

ARE CREATING THE HAZARD OF WATER ENTERING HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN 

TRADITIONALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ROAD DETOURS AND SOME CLOSURES ARE 

REPORTED AROUND MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...EAU GALLIE...VIERA AND 

SUNTREE.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIERA...EAU 

GALLIE...INDIALANTIC...MELBOURNE BEACH...GRANT VALKARIA AND MICCO. 



HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND 

NUISANCE FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW LYING SPOTS FROM SEBASTIAN TO 

VERO BEACH AND FELLSMERE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DUE ACROSS 

BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES TO THE VERY SLOW NORTHWARD DRIFT 

OF TROPICAL STORM FAY. 



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.



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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