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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
615 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-141-144-147-222345-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ST. LUCIE-
615 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...HEAVY SHOWERS AFFECTING BREVARD COUNTY...INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY...OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY...OSCEOLA
COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...ST. LUCIE COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SEVERAL RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVING
NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. HEAVY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE FOUR CORRIDOR INCLUDING...METRO
ORLANDO...SANFORD...AND DELTONA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE FROM KISSIMMEE TO HOLOPAW. ACROSS THE SPACE COAST MODERATE
TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM ACROSS MALABAR...
SEBASTIAN...VERO BEACH AND PORT SAINT LUCIE.

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATING WATER ON SOME ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.