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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1052 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES TEH COUNTIES OF VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...
AND ALL OF BREVARD IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

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SOUTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY
1052 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY

* UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING

* ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED
  WITH TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WILL PUSH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  SQUALLS ONSHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
  RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE SOUTH AFFECTING SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
  THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED
  AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF THE
  INNER RAINBANDS OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA JUST OFFSHORE
  OVERSPREAD THE BARRIER ISLANDS.

* FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN URBAN LOCATIONS...AS
  WELL AS POORLY DRAINED AND LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE MORE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THAT
THREATENS TO ENTER HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. IT TAKES LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER FOR MOST VEHICLES
TO BE ABLE TO FLOAT. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.

YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE
LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES
AGAINST FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD
FLOODING DEVELOP.

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INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...ORLANDO...SANFORD...
DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE
1052 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2005

...FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH FOR VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...ORANGE AND NORTHERN BREVARD
  COUNTIES

* UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING

* ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED
  WITH TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WILL PUSH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  ISOLATED STORMS ONSHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
  SQUALLS WILL BE MORE PERSISTENT OVER VOLUSIA AND BREVARD
  COUNTIES AND HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
  OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF
  THREE TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF METRO ORLANDO THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

* FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN URBAN LOCATIONS...AS
  WELL AS POORLY DRAINED AND LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE MORE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THAT
THREATENS TO ENTER HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. IT TAKES LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER FOR MOST VEHICLES
TO BE ABLE TO FLOAT. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.

YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE
LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES
AGAINST FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD
FLOODING DEVELOP.

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KELLY