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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
431 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRITT ISLAND...COCOA....COCOA
  BEACH...ROCKLEDGE...SATELLITE BEACH...INDIALANTIC...MELBOURNE
  ...WEST MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...MALABAR...GRANT...VALKARIA...
  MICCO...MELBOURNE BEACH...FLORIDANA BEACH...BAREFOOT BAY...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  CONTINUED WIDESPREAD FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING
  RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.

SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL TOTALS OF OVER ONE FOOT...
WITH AN WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE WINDOVER FARMS AREA OF NORTH MELBOURNE
REPORTING ALMOST 25 INCHES OF RAIN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING EVENT
ACROSS THE AREA!!

A DRIVING HAZARD WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO
ACCUMULATED STANDING WATER IN MANY AREAS!! ALTHOUGH FLOWING WATER
MAY NOT BE PRESENT THERE IS A THREAT PARTICULARLY ALONG LOW LYING
ROADWAYS AND ROADS THAT ARE LINED WITH CULVERTS AND DITCHES.

YOU MAY BELIEVE YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAY HOWEVER YOU MAY ACTUALLY LOSE
CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE HOWEVER YOU CAN STRAY INTO A WATER
FILLED DITCH OR HIT A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION.

IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ON THE ROADS THIS AFTERNOON PLEASE STAY IN
A SHELTERED LOCATION!! DRIVING IS VERY HAZARDOUS AROUND SOUTH
BREVARD COUNTY!!

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

LAT...LON 2788 8047 2794 8052 2787 8049 2784 8067
      2785 8087 2835 8087 2836 8072 2834 8072
      2836 8071 2836 8065 2827 8066 2823 8063
      2828 8061 2834 8064 2836 8061 2820 8059
      2808 8056 2788 8045