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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...PORT CANAVERAL...CAPE
  CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...PORT SAINT JOHN...
  LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN A BAND SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
  STORM FAY HAS EXPANDED NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.

* RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY TWO INCHES IN THE
  PORT CANAVERAL AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  IN BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS FROM
  THE COCOA AND COCOA BEACH AREAS NORTHWARD TO NORTH MERITT ISLAND
  AND TITUSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS OR
WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

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

LAT...LON 2837 8061 2837 8062 2855 8058 2858 8060
      2854 8060 2837 8066 2837 8072 2862 8080
      2837 8073 2835 8087 2878 8097 2878 8084
      2862 8080 2862 8079 2878 8083 2867 8066
      2872 8070 2872 8067 2846 8052