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FLC061-085-111-050345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
600 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 1145 PM EDT

* AT 555 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE FRANCES APPROACHING 
  THE COAST OF INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.

RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS 
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WHERE UP 
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM 
THIS RAIN BAND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ALREADY SATURATED AREAS... 
STREETS...LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY... 
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

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.

REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 
RAIN BANDS AS THEY MOVE OFF THE ATLANTIC AND CROSS OVER THE MAINLAND 
AREAS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS
LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING
WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR
VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.

LAT...LON 2785 8042 2743 8029 2728 8019 2704 8013
      2704 8066 2755 8066 2758 8076 2782 8080
      2782 8053

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