FFWMLB FLC009-061-085-093-097-111-261000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1235 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BREVARD COUNTY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MARTIN COUNTY OKEECHOBEE COUNTY OSCEOLA COUNTY ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 600 AM EDT * AT 1230 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS FROM DANGEROUS HURRICANE JEANNE SPREADING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN MARTIN...ST LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN BREVARD... OKEECHOBEE AND AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...THE RAINS WILL BECOME MORE PERSISTENT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. * AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN RECENT DAYS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ALSO AREAS ALONG RIVERS...LAKES AND CANALS WHERE WATER LEVELS HAVE RISEN IN RECENT DAYS. 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. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!! IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD OR ITS LINE MARKINGS DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH THE WATER. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST VEHICLES BUOYANT AND PRONE TO BEING SWEPT AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.