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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

1024 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008



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ORANGE FL-SEMINOLE FL-LAKE FL-VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL-

1024 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN BREVARD...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE AND ORANGE

COUNTIES...



AT 1013 PM EDT...THE BREVARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 

EVACUATIONS ONGOING NEAR THE WEKIVA RIVER RESORT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 

46. ALSO...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE REPORTED TO BE WIDESPREAD 

NEAR ASTOR AND WEKIVA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...NORTHERN   

  BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...

  TITUSVILLE...SCOTTSMOOR...PORT SAINT JOHN...PLAYALINDA BEACH...

  MIMS...LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...HAULOVER CANAL...



  LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ASTOR...WEKIVA...THE                 

  VILLAGES...TAVARES...PAISLEY...  MOUNT PLYMOUTH...MOUNT            

  DORA...MASCOTTE...LISBON...LEESBURG...LAKE   HARRIS...LAKE         

  GRIFFIN...LADY LAKE...HOWEY IN THE HILLS...                        

  GROVELAND...FERNDALE...EUSTIS...EMERALDA...CASSIA...



  ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZELLWOOD...WINTER PARK...WINTER

  GARDEN...WINDERMERE...PINE HILLS...ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

  ORLANDO...OCOEE...OAK RIDGE...MGM STUDIOS...MAITLAND...MAGIC

  KINGDOM...LOCKHART...LAKE APOPKA...FAIRVIEW SHORES...EPCOT...

  CONWAY...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...AZALEA PARK...APOPKA...



  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER SPRINGS...WEKIVA SPRINGS...

  SANFORD...OVIEDO...LONGWOOD...LAKE MARY...LAKE JESSUP...

  GOLDENROD...GENEVA...FOREST CITY...CASSELBERRY...ALTAMONTE

  SPRINGS...



  SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...

  OSTEEN...ORANGE CITY...MAYTOWN...LAKE MONROE...EDGEWATER...

  DELTONA...



DRIVING HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO 

ACCUMULATION OF STANDING WATER IN MANY AREAS. THERE IS A THREAT TO 

DRIVERS  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. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS.



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 2895 8196 2896 8166 2911 8164 2895 8141

      2895 8116 2905 8089 2855 8056 2858 8061

      2851 8062 2842 8072 2860 8073 2859 8076

      2864 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2879 8084

      2843 8074 2838 8077 2835 8089 2834 8195



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