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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
457 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...EXCESSIVE RAINS FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE ERNESTO WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...

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NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESBURG...CLERMONT
457 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

* FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS
  THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY...ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT...
  THEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SQUALLS
  ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE
  COUNTIES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA
  WITH LOCALLY UP TO 8 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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INLAND VOLUSIA-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-
INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...ORLANDO...SANFORD...
MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH...
OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...DAYTONA BEACH...
TITUSVILLE
457 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS
  THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY...ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT...
  THEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SQUALLS
  ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE
  COUNTIES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA
  WITH LOCALLY UP TO 8 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.

$$

CRISTALDI