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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
908 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

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908 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAINT CLOUD...KISSIMMEE...
  KENANSVILLE...HOLOPAW....

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT

* AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO SHOW TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY
CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FROM NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SO FAR NEAR HOLOPAW WITH LESSER AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 INCHES...OVER
KISSIMMEE AND SAINT CLOUD. OSCEOLA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED STREET FLOODING AND THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
AS THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY ACROSS OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

FLOODING OF ROADS...STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME
WIDESPREAD IN THESE LOCATIONS. SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BE
SUBJECT TO LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 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. ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST VEHICLES BUOYANT. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN!

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING NOW OR IS IMMINENT.

LAT...LON 2834 8158 2834 8087 2764 8088 2764 8114
      2772 8116 2782 8122 2784 8124 2785 8128
      2804 8142 2802 8138 2807 8135 2808 8144
      2813 8146 2813 8147