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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
528 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
    VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...AND NORTHERN BREVARD.


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INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...ORLANDO...SANFORD...
DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE
528 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING AT 10 AM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING

* ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND BRISK NORTHEAST FLOW ASSOCIATED
  WITH TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WILL PUSH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  ISOLATED STORMS ONSHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THURSDAY. THE
  SHOWERS WILL BE THE MORE PERSISTENT OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF
  EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. QUICK RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH MAY
  OCCUR AS SHOWERS PASS. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO THREE TO
  FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IN AREAS
  WHERE MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF RAINFALL MOVES THROUGH.

* FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN URBAN LOCATIONS...AS
  WELL AS POORLY DRAINED AND LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE MORE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT TAKES LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER FOR MOST
VEHICLES TO BECOME INCAPACITATED AND BEGIN TO FLOAT.
TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.

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

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GLITTO