FFWMLB
FLC061-085-111-042200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1220 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
  MARTIN COUNTY
  ST. LUCIE COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 1220 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES COVERING 
INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...AND MARTIN COUNTIES...AND EXTENDING 
WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC.

RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNING AREA SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. CONTINUOUS RAINFALL RATES 
OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 
6 HOURS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS 
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...SO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF 
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...INTERSECTIONS 
...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF RURAL 
ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND FARMLAND. FARMLANDS ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

HIGH WATER WILL ALSO MAKE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES VERY 
DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE COMBINATION OF WIND 
AND FLOODING MAKES FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

LAT...LON 2696 8011 2785 8047 2783 8087 2764 8077
      2713 8068 2697 8085

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