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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
757 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

...TROPICAL STORM FAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

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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
757 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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 THURSDAY MORNING

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM FAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IMMEDIATELY TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LARGE 50 MILE DIAMETER WIDE CENTER OF FAY
...ACROSS VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF THREE TO SIX INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THIS AREAS...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A LULL THIS EVENING ACROSS RAIN SATURATED
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BAND OF HEAVY
RAINFALL TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA OVERNIGHT.

ELSEWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA..EXPECT GENERALLY TWO INCHES OR LESS OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN AREAS ADJACENT TO
VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES.

THE WATCH IS LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THURSDAY FOR MOST OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.


* SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FROM FAY THUS FAR...

MELBOURNE (WINDOVER FARMS - NORTH)... 24.80 INCHES AS OF 1:50 PM.
SEBASTIAN... 18.50 INCHES AS OF 3:00 PM.
VIERA... 18.42 INCHES AS OF 2:00 PM.
MELBOURNE (NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE)... 17.74 INCHES AS OF 7:00 PM.
STUART... 13.89 INCHES AS OF 3:00 PM.
MELBOURNE AIRPORT... 13.81 AS OF 7:00 PM.
FORT PIERCE (SAINT LUCIE AIRPORT)... 11.42 INCHES AS OF 7:00 PM.
VERO BEACH AIRPORT... 10.00 INCHES AS OF 7:00 PM.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
THE CURRENT FORECAST OF A SLOW MOVEMENT NORTH OF WEST 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.