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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

236 AM EDT THU AUG 21 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 SAINT JOHN...

  MERRITT ISLAND...CAPE CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE...ROCKLEDGE...

  MELBOURNE...SATELLITE BEACH...WEST MELBOURNE...PALM BAY

  

  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 230 AM 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 ACROSS EASTERN ORANGE AND 

NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO 

FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE LATE 

WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. 



ADDITIONALLY...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BAND TO EXPAND 

OR EXTEND FARTHER SOUTHWARD THROUGH BREVARD COUNTY... WHERE 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND STANDING WATER PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE 

TODAY...EVEN IN ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. 



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE.





LAT...LON 2794 8052 2782 8051 2783 8086 2834 8087

      2834 8126 2857 8120 2861 8097 2872 8097

      2874 8083 2834 8072 2869 8079 2875 8078

      2866 8067 2875 8073 2876 8070 2870 8066

      2827 8066 2787 8044 2786 8044



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