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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
236 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...PORT SAINT JOHN...
  MERRITT ISLAND...CAPE CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE...ROCKLEDGE...
  MELBOURNE...SATELLITE BEACH...WEST MELBOURNE...PALM BAY

  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUING TO ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY AND ACROSS EASTERN ORANGE AND
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO
FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE.

ADDITIONALLY...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BAND TO EXPAND
OR EXTEND FARTHER SOUTHWARD THROUGH BREVARD COUNTY... WHERE
WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND STANDING WATER PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE
TODAY...EVEN IN ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.


LAT...LON 2794 8052 2782 8051 2783 8086 2834 8087
      2834 8126 2857 8120 2861 8097 2872 8097
      2874 8083 2834 8072 2869 8079 2875 8078
      2866 8067 2875 8073 2876 8070 2870 8066
      2827 8066 2787 8044 2786 8044