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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
555 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

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OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND
555 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE
  COUNTIES DUE TO THE SLOW FORWARD MOTION OF TROPICAL STORM
  KATRINA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TRACK OF THE STORM.

* FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS
  AS WELL AS ON STREAMS AND LAKES.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

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

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