000 WGUS62 KMLB 250146 FFAMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 946 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DEBBY HAS PROMPTED A FLOOD WATCH FOR LAKE COUNTY... FLZ044-144-260000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FA.A.0001.120625T0146Z-120626T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESBURG...CLERMONT 946 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...NORTHERN LAKE AND SOUTHERN LAKE. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH MONDAY. THIS IS A RESULT OF PERSISTENT RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DEBBY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY IN UPWARDS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH LAKE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THESE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH THE WATCH PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SEDLOCK