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

FLZ047-054-202200-
INDIAN RIVER-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
355 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

...SQUALL OVER NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY PERSISTS WITH HAZARDOUS FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS NO
SIGNS THAT THE STRONG SQUALL OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD AND NORTHERN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES IS WEAKENING. THIS SQUALL WILL CONTINUE TO
PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND
SEVERE STREET AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING. ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS SOUTH OF 192 IN
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.

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 THROUGH 3 PM ARE
AS FOLLOWS:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MELBOURNE   16.83"
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 13.32"
VIERA   18.42"
WINDOVER FARMS 24.80"
FORT PIERCE 11.26"
SCRIPPS SPACE COAST REPORT FROM SEBASTIAN- PUBLIC -   18.50"