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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
559 AM 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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ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND
559 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES.

* FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* 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-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...ORLANDO...SANFORD...
MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH...
OKEECHOBEE...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE
559 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR VOLUSIA...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...OKEECHOBEE...
  ORANGE...OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES.

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* 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 THE WATCH AREA 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.

$$

KELLY