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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

508 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEBASTIAN...ROSELAND...WABASSO

  ...ORCHID...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAIN BANDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUING TO

  MOVE ACROSS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS

  HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. AN UNOFFICIAL PUBLIC REPORT OF 18.50 INCHES

  OF RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SEBASTIAN AREA. 



SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTS BY THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...



...BLUE CYPRESS ROAD NORTH OF STATE ROAD 60...

...OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 11TH STREET SW AND 13TH STREET SW...

...MULBERRY STREET EAST OF ROSELAND ROAD AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 512...



IN ADDITION...SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS ARE FLOODED AND HAVE LANE 

CLOSURES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2760 8062 2759 8078 2764 8078 2764 8087

      2782 8086 2783 8047 2771 8040 2771 8039

      2772 8039 2775 8040 2781 8045 2783 8044

      2783 8042 2770 8037



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