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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1232 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS REISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRITT ISLAND...SATELLITE BEACH...
  ROCKLEDGE...PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...MALABAR...INDIALANTIC...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 1230 PM EDT...RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS CONTINUED TO REPORT
  RECORD RAINFALL FROM RAINBAND SQUALLS OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  VIERA...EAU GALLIE...MELBOURNE BEACH.

THIS IS A HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS
THE AREA. A DRIVING HAZARD WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST INTO THIS EVENING
DUE TO ACCUMULATED STANDING WATER IN MANY AREAS. ALTHOUGH FLOWING
WATER MAY NOT BE PRESENT THERE IS A THREAT PARTICULARLY ALONG LOW
LYING ROADWAYS AND ROADS THAT ARE LINED WITH CULVERTS AND DITCHES.

YOU MAY BELIEVE YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAY HOWEVER YOU MAY ACTUALLY LOSE
CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE HOWEVER YOU CAN STRAY INTO A WATER
FILLED DITCH OR HIT A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION.

IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ON THE ROADS THIS AFTERNOON PLEASE STAY IN
A SHELTERED LOCATION. DRIVING IS VERY HAZARDOUS AROUND SOUTH BREVARD
COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY ARE LEADING TO POSSIBILITY OF WATER ENTERING
HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ROAD DETOURS AND CLOSURES ARE LIKELY AROUND
MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...EAU GALLIE...VIERA AND SUNTREE.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2788 8047 2794 8052 2787 8049 2784 8067
      2785 8087 2835 8087 2836 8072 2834 8072
      2836 8071 2836 8065 2827 8066 2823 8063
      2828 8061 2834 8064 2836 8061 2820 8059
      2808 8056 2788 8045

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