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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1241 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

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COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-
1241 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS OVER PORTIONS OF BREVARD
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHERN OSCEOLA
COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY...

FAY CURRENTLY EAST OFF OF THE NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY COASTLINE IS
BEGINNING TO MAKE A MORE WEST TO NORTHWEST PROGRESSION. A PERSISTENT
RAIN BAND OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL BE
ABLE TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. AREAS WHERE GREATEST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR WILL BE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
LAKE...SEMINOLE...NORTHERN BREVARD...AND SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALREADY IN SEMINOLE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY
OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 426 AND ALONG SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS IN
THE COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD...THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS
SAFELY.