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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
803 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN BANDS DEVELOPING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER TODAY...

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INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...
VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...
DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE
803 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...BREVARD...LAKE...
  OKEECHOBEE... ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE..AND ST. LUCIE.

* UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

* AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWEST
  TODAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING
  WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

* EVEN AS THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES NORTHWEST TODAY...HEAVY RAINFALL
  IN BANDS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER WILL BE CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS IN MORE PERSISTENT BANDS.   

WITH MANY AREAS ALREADY RECEIVING HISTORIC RAINFALL TOTALS FROM
FAY...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAINFALL TO FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING
FLOODING OR PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS IN WATER LOGGED
AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECAST FOR TROPICAL STORM FAY.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD ADDITIONAL FLOODING DEVELOP.

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