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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
846 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

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COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
846 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...PERSISTENT RAINBAND AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY...WESTERN ORANGE
COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 846 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A HEAVY RAINBAND MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 4.
THIS RAINBAND CONTINUES TO PERSIST AS IT ROTATES AROUND THE
CENTER OF FAY WHICH IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF MARION
COUNTY AND MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE WEST. HEAVIEST RAINBAND HAS
SETUP ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST LAKE COUNTY TO NORTH OF DELAND
WHERE RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED.

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...THE
DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS SAFELY.