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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
830 PM EDT WED AUG 20 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 CANAVERAL...MERRITT
  ISLAND...CAPE CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...
  SCOTTSMOOR...SATELLITE BEACH...ROCKLEDGE...PORT SAINT JOHN...
  PLAYALINDA BEACH...PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE...PALM BAY...MIMS...
  MELBOURNE...MALABAR...LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...INDIALANTIC...
  HAULOVER CANAL...GRANT...COCOA BEACH...COCOA...CAMP HOLLY FISH
  CAMP...BAREFOOT BAY...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 830 PM 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 INTO NORTHERN BREVARD
  COUNTY. THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS BAND TO EXPAND OR
  EXTEND FARTHER SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...WHERE
  WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND STANDING WATER PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE
  OVERNIGHT...EVEN IN ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY
  ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.

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 VENTURE INTO...OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS
...FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.

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.

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.

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

LAT...LON 2786 8044 2794 8052 2782 8051 2783 8087
      2848 8087 2860 8096 2878 8096 2878 8084
      2835 8072 2871 8075 2878 8083 2879 8079
      2866 8067 2867 8066 2878 8073 2878 8072
      2859 8057 2845 8052 2821 8059 2787 8044