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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1030 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

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COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-
1030 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

...RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS SATURATED AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
MODERATE RAIN BANDS ACROSS VOLUSIA...LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE AND
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES. THESE BANDS OF PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND SEVERE STREET AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING. ANOTHER
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS
THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE SQUALLS.

A FEW CITIES EXPERIENCING HEAVIER RAIN BANDS INCLUDE LAKE
JESSUP...OVIEDO...CHULUOTA...CANAVERAL GROVES...COCOA AND CAPE
CANAVERAL.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO DRIVE ANYWHERE
TODAY TO PLEASE STAY OFF THE ROADS !!

A FEW RAINFALL REPORTS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MELBOURNE   17.87"
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 13.88"
VIERA   18.42"
WINDOVER FARMS 24.80"
FORT PIERCE 13.37"
SCRIPPS SPACE COAST REPORT FROM SEBASTIAN- PUBLIC -   18.50"
VERO BEACH  10.04
DAYTONA BEACH   4.30
ORLANDO 3.51
SANFORD 3.42