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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
115 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND 
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
     BREVARD

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW TORRENTIAL RAIN 
FALLING AT THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
BREVARD COUNTY. THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING 
ALONG AREAS OF US1. THE DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO PRODUCE PONDING ON 
ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF MINOR OR NUISANCE FLOODING ACROSS PALM 
BAY...SATELLITE BEACH...PINEDA AND TOWARDS SUNTREE AND VIERA. 
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AS THE PERSISTENT 
HEAVY RAIN MOVES NORTH OF THE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS ANDSTREETS AS WELL AS OTHER 
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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