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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
434 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...EXCESSIVE RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WILL CREATE A HIGH
FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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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
434 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST
  CENTRAL FLORIDA...COASTAL VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...INLAND
  VOLUSIA...MARTIN...NORTHERN BREVARD...NORTHERN LAKE...
  OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...SOUTHERN
  BREVARD...SOUTHERN LAKE AND ST. LUCIE.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY...WITH THE CIRCULATION CENTER
  EXPECTED TO MOVE OFFSHORE BETWEEN COCOA BEACH AND DAYTONA BEACH
  LATE TONIGHT. STRONG RAIN SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH
  THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA
  WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
  COAST.

* LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE THE FIRST TO FLOOD.
  SOME ROADS OR INTERSECTIONS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. DO NOT
  DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER
  DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

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

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE
MEASURES AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP OR FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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