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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1232 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRITT ISLAND...SATELLITE BEACH...  

  ROCKLEDGE...PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...MALABAR...INDIALANTIC...  



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 1230 PM EDT...RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS CONTINUED TO REPORT     

  RECORD RAINFALL FROM RAINBAND SQUALLS OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  VIERA...EAU GALLIE...MELBOURNE BEACH. 



THIS IS A HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS 

THE AREA. A DRIVING HAZARD WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST INTO THIS EVENING 

DUE TO ACCUMULATED STANDING WATER IN MANY AREAS. ALTHOUGH FLOWING 

WATER MAY NOT BE PRESENT THERE IS A THREAT PARTICULARLY ALONG LOW 

LYING ROADWAYS AND ROADS THAT ARE LINED WITH CULVERTS AND DITCHES. 



YOU MAY BELIEVE YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAY HOWEVER YOU MAY ACTUALLY LOSE 

CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE HOWEVER YOU CAN STRAY INTO A WATER 

FILLED DITCH OR HIT A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION. 



IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ON THE ROADS THIS AFTERNOON PLEASE STAY IN 

A SHELTERED LOCATION. DRIVING IS VERY HAZARDOUS AROUND SOUTH BREVARD 

COUNTY.   



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS 

SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY ARE LEADING TO POSSIBILITY OF WATER ENTERING 

HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ROAD DETOURS AND CLOSURES ARE LIKELY AROUND 

MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...EAU GALLIE...VIERA AND SUNTREE. 



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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2788 8047 2794 8052 2787 8049 2784 8067

      2785 8087 2835 8087 2836 8072 2834 8072

      2836 8071 2836 8065 2827 8066 2823 8063

      2828 8061 2834 8064 2836 8061 2820 8059

      2808 8056 2788 8045



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