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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

830 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...PORT CANAVERAL...MERRITT

  ISLAND...CAPE CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...

  SCOTTSMOOR...SATELLITE BEACH...ROCKLEDGE...PORT SAINT JOHN...

  PLAYALINDA BEACH...PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE...PALM BAY...MIMS...

  MELBOURNE...MALABAR...LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...INDIALANTIC...

  HAULOVER CANAL...GRANT...COCOA BEACH...COCOA...CAMP HOLLY FISH

  CAMP...BAREFOOT BAY...



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT THURSDAY



* AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

  HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUING TO ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE

  OF THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY AND INTO NORTHERN BREVARD

  COUNTY. THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BAND TO EXPAND OR

  EXTEND FARTHER SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...WHERE

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND STANDING WATER PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE

  OVERNIGHT...EVEN IN ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY

  HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY

  ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT VENTURE INTO...OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS

...FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.



LAT...LON 2786 8044 2794 8052 2782 8051 2783 8087

      2848 8087 2860 8096 2878 8096 2878 8084

      2835 8072 2871 8075 2878 8083 2879 8079

      2866 8067 2867 8066 2878 8073 2878 8072

      2859 8057 2845 8052 2821 8059 2787 8044



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