000 WGUS62 KMLB 210705 FFAMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 305 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH FRIDAY... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-220000- /O.EXT.KMLB.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080822T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 305 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...BREVARD...LAKE...OKEECHOBEE... ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...AND ST. LUCIE. * THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM FAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CENTER OF FAY TODAY...THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE CENTER THROUGH FRIDAY AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWEST. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA MAY REACH 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TODAY AS PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS WRAP AROUND THE CENTER. AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF DIMINISHED RAINFALL IN YOUR AREA. HOWEVER... THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP IN RAINBANDS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...SO REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH MANY AREAS ALREADY RECEIVING HISTORIC RAINFALL TOTALS FROM FAY...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAINFALL TO FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING OR PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS IN WATER LOGGED AREAS. 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 ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD ADDITIONAL FLOODING DEVELOP.