000 WGUS62 KMLB 181831 FFAMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 231 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-191000- /O.EXB.KMLB.FA.A.0001.080819T0000Z-080820T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 231 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COASTAL VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...INLAND VOLUSIA...NORTHERN BREVARD...NORTHERN LAKE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...SOUTHERN BREVARD AND SOUTHERN LAKE. * FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECAST FOR TROPICAL STORM FAY. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ FLZ058-059-064-191000- /O.EXT.KMLB.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080820T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND 231 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE AND ST. LUCIE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECAST FOR TROPICAL STORM FAY. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.