000 WGUS62 KMLB 192346 FFAMLB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 746 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-201200- /O.CON.KMLB.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080820T1200Z/ /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 746 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COASTAL VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...INLAND VOLUSIA... MARTIN...NORTHERN BREVARD...NORTHERN LAKE...OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA... SEMINOLE...SOUTHERN BREVARD...SOUTHERN LAKE AND ST. LUCIE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. * SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FROM FAY THUS FAR INCLUDE... 10.20 INCHES IN JENSEN BEACH... 8.69 INCHES FROM A WEATHER SPOTTER IN PORT SAINT LUCIE... 8.20 INCHES IN ROCKY POINT IN MARTIN COUNTY... 7.60 INCHES IN PALM CITY... 7.48 INCHES AT JUPITER... 7.15 INCHES AT SAINT LUCIE COUNTY AIRPORT IN FORT PIERCE... 6.71 INCHES FROM A WEATHER SPOTTER IN MELBOURNE BEACH... 5.55 INCHES IN STUART... 5.54 INCHES AT THE VERO BEACH AIRPORT... 5.48 INCHES AT JUNO BEACH... 5.24 INCHES IN PALM BAY... 4.95 INCHES AT THE MELBOURNE AIRPORT... FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DUE TO THESE VERY HIGH RAINFALL 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 ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD ADDITIONAL FLOODING DEVELOP.