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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

128 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



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BREVARD FL-

128 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...



THIS IS A HISTORIC AND HAZARDOUS RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS THE AREA.  

DRIVING HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO ACCUMULATION 

OF 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. 



WHILE DRIVING YOU MAY BELIEVE YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAY HOWEVER YOU MAY 

LOSE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE. IF YOU STRAY INTO A WATER FILLED 

DITCH OR HIT A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION YOUR CAR WILL BE DISABLED...OR 

EVEN WORSE YOU MAY BECOME TRAPPED WITHIN A SUBMERGED VEHICLE. 



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

A SHELTERED LOCATION. DRIVING HAS BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AROUND SOUTH 

BREVARD COUNTY    



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO TEN INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 

THIRTY INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. 



THIS EPIC RAINFALL OCCURRENCE WILL LEAD TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF WATER 

ENTERING HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ROAD DETOURS AND CLOSURES ARE 

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

SUNTREE. 



HEED THE WORD OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IF YOU ARE TOLD TO EVACUATE.



FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF 

FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. 

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

AROUND...DONT DROWN 



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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